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April 25th, 2014
Art not Oil
Liberate Tate is a UK based artist group which literally takes action against oil pollution. To address the community and take their issue to the public they use Guerilla perfomances and flash mops. Their great creativity can be followed on facebook, twitter.
April 25th, 2014
Love is not a crime
In Cameroon sanctions against Homosexuals continue to raise. People with a “wrong” sexual orientation or identity risk to be assaulted, discriminated or put into prison. To stop this violation of human rights Amnesty International started a petition which can be signed.
August 14th, 2018
A platform for women who struggle with abusive relationships
| in: | Technology |
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| by: | Sofia Gallarate |
| partner: | Screen Shot |
The lack of accessible information available to most women victims of abuse led Hera Hussain to found, in 2013, the open-source organisation Chayn.
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August 08th, 2018
Egypt’s hotline to fight fake news and censor journalists
| in: | Humans, Economy, Arts |
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| by: | Bob Koigi |
A hotline set up by the Egyptian judiciary allows members of public to report fake news.
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August 07th, 2018
What comes after the border? The app helping migrants survive the last mile
| in: | Technology |
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| 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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August 06th, 2018
The Congo – an unreported human disaster
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Shasha Seakamela |
There are 13 million reasons to care about DR Congo.
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August 02nd, 2018
How Transgender Women Found Freedom in Call Centers
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| 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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July 31st, 2018
"Doctor Love" - Congo youth court for sex and reproductive health
| in: | Humans |
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| 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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July 31st, 2018
The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act: friend or foe?
| in: | Technology |
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| 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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July 30th, 2018
Housing shortage and corruption
| in: | Humans, Economy |
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| by: | Shasha Seakamela |
South Africa’s post-apartheid Constitution emphasises the everyone's right to adequate housing.
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July 23rd, 2018
Alain Alwak’s journey from a child soldier in Congo to a journalist
| in: | Humans |
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| 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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July 20th, 2018
Not a single migrant wants to stay in Bosnia
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Katarina Panić |
"There is no migrants crisis in Bosnia, but a human rights crisis."
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July 19th, 2018
Why Libyans Are Turning to Smugglers to Escape
| in: | Humans |
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| partner: | NewsDeeply |
Increasing numbers of Libyans are breaking a long-standing taboo and fleeing across the Mediterranean.
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July 17th, 2018
Order, Spit, Discover. What are the risks of gene testing migrant children?
| in: | Technology |
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| by: | Shira Jeczmien |
The gene testing startup 23andMe became well known for its home testing heritage kit.
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July 16th, 2018
A penny for a kidney - Illegal organ trafficking in Africa
| in: | Humans |
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| 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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July 12th, 2018
E.U. Deportations Risk Further Destabilizing Mali
| in: | Humans |
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| 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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July 10th, 2018
From hashes to the darknet: battling online terrorism isn’t that straightforward
| in: | Technology |
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| by: | Yair Oded |
Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft combined forces and formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)
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July 09th, 2018
Cannabis headache for Zimbabwe
| in: | Humans |
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| by: | Cyril Zenda |
The nation is divided over moves to legalise farming of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes.
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