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egypt_fakenews
August 08th, 2018
Egypt’s hotline to fight fake news and censor journalists
in:Humans, Economy, Arts
by:Bob Koigi
A hotline set up by the Egyptian judiciary allows members of public to report fake news.
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mexican_border
August 07th, 2018
What comes after the border? The app helping migrants survive the last mile
in:Technology
partner:Screen Shot
Statistically, the majority of people who die crossing the U.S.-Mexican border die alone from dehydration. A provocative App wants to change that.
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congo_disaster
August 06th, 2018
The Congo – an unreported human disaster
in:Humans
by:Shasha Seakamela
There are 13 million reasons to care about DR Congo.
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transgender_women
August 02nd, 2018
How Transgender Women Found Freedom in Call Centers
in:Humans, Economy
partner:NewsDeeply
“My friend is a doctor and yet no hospital will hire her because she is a transgender woman, and so she will have to find work elsewhere.”
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congo_youth_girls
July 31st, 2018
"Doctor Love" - Congo youth court for sex and reproductive health
in:Humans
by:Bob Koigi
"Doctor Love" seems to click with majority of young people in the DR Congo because his messages are personalised.
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sex_trafficking
July 31st, 2018
The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act: friend or foe?
in:Technology
by:Sofia Gallarate
partner:Screen Shot
The recently voted Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) shows the fine line between limiting web platforms and individual freedom on the internet.
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housing south africa
July 30th, 2018
Housing shortage and corruption
in:Humans, Economy
by:Shasha Seakamela
South Africa’s post-apartheid Constitution emphasises the everyone's right to adequate housing.
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child soldier congo
July 23rd, 2018
Alain Alwak’s journey from a child soldier in Congo to a journalist
in:Humans
by:Bob Koigi
The Democratic Republic of Congo has had a long, protracted and deadly inter-ethnic conflicts that has claimed millions of lives.
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Bosnien
July 20th, 2018
Not a single migrant wants to stay in Bosnia
in:Humans
by:Katarina Panić
"There is no migrants crisis in Bosnia, but a human rights crisis."
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IMG_3776.JPG
July 19th, 2018
Why Libyans Are Turning to Smugglers to Escape
in:Humans
partner:NewsDeeply
Increasing numbers of Libyans are breaking a long-standing taboo and fleeing across the Mediterranean.
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gene testing
July 17th, 2018
Order, Spit, Discover. What are the risks of gene testing migrant children?
in:Technology
by:Shira Jeczmien
The gene testing startup 23andMe became well known for its home testing heritage kit.
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illegal_organs
July 16th, 2018
A penny for a kidney - Illegal organ trafficking in Africa
in:Humans
by:Bob Koigi
Africa continues to be a lucrative market for the illegal removal of vital human organs to be traded to Europe.
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Mali_instable
July 12th, 2018
E.U. Deportations Risk Further Destabilizing Mali
in:Humans
partner:NewsDeeply
Bribing West African states with E.U. aid money does nothing to compensate for their loss of remittances, writes activist Fabian Wagner.
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online_terrorism
July 10th, 2018
From hashes to the darknet: battling online terrorism isn’t that straightforward
in:Technology
by:Yair Oded
Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft combined forces and formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)
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marijuhana
July 09th, 2018
Cannabis headache for Zimbabwe
in:Humans
by:Cyril Zenda
The nation is divided over moves to legalise farming of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes.
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africa society
July 05th, 2018
Power to the People: Civil Society’s Role in Preventing Violent Extremism
in:Humans
Including civil society in international and local counter-terrorism efforts has proven to be a successful strategy for preventing violent extremism.
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serverfarm
July 03rd, 2018
How to uncover the ghost wars behind our digital overload
in:Technology
Where algorithms form the modern day confirmation bias, we are less radical than we think we are.
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genocide_Yezidis
July 02nd, 2018
The Yazidis genocide
in:Humans, Arts
by:Federica Tedeschi
‘Every tear has a story if you are ready to listen’, says Zina Hamu, a Yazidi woman, who survived the ISIS capture.
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Kagame
June 28th, 2018
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame Slides Towards Dictatorship
in:Humans
partner:NewsDeeply
The the question for Rwanda is – will Kagame ever peacefully hand over power?
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kenya_land
June 27th, 2018
Women's land right and what men have to do with it
in:Humans, Economy
by:Israel Bionyi
Gender equality means many things to different people. A research initiative is now putting men picture and changes the debate architecture.
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