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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Where are my rights?” African refugees vs. UNHCR in LebanonA new episode unfolds in the long history of tensions between African refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers and UNHCR.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe spectacle of corruption in AngolaEvery contradiction has yet to be fully played out in Angola – with Brazil, one of the two giants of the Lusophone...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEthiopia’s dam: a lifeline or a show of power?Are tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam about regional influence or limited...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEverywhere we looked was burning: an interview with Emel MathlouthiEmel Mathlouthi’s new album is the soundtrack of the apocalypse.
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Published in: 50.50‘God Has A New Africa’: Undercover in a US-led anti-LGBT ‘hate movement’This year, I did something I never thought I would: I went undercover to investigate a group that hates me. This is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU-Africa nexus: promise and purposeOnly by recognizing and sharing the values derived from its unique transnational experience can Europe meet the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe time is ripe for comprehensive reform in TunisiaThis post election phase presents an important window of opportunity for reforming the media landscape in Tunisia.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Battle of Seattle: 20 years later, it's time for a revivalOn this 20th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle, the struggle against globalized capital continues.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSeven Ethiopians die in Lebanon while their consulate abandons themThe steady stream of coffins being shipped from Lebanon to Ethiopia, won’t be slowing any time soon.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaExtractivism and resistance in North AfricaShould we see protests, uprisings and movements against extractivism as mainly environmental, or are these...
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Published in: 50.50Special report: FGM survivors more visible in UK statistics, and activism“I really hope that no one has to go through that kind of pain,” says one survivor, as data reveals 22,000...
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Published in: ourEconomy"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system.
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfrican states cannot deny enforced disappearances any longerThe first hurdle towards tackling the deadly practice is getting governments to even acknowledge it.
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Published in: ourEconomyThe ‘flexible’ gig economy is not such a great option for women after allFlexibility is difficult for many workers to take advantage of in practice.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: there is no political reform without freedom of expression and mediaThe window of opportunity to implement true reforms, guaranteed by explicit laws and grounded in practice, is now.
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Published in: 50.50US isolated at ‘failed’ anti-abortion summit in NairobiConservative protests against global development conference in Kenya fail to draw crowds, or derail commitments.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why it keeps kicking off everywhere: ‘Order’ versus social justice from the Balkans, to the Middle East, to the AndesThis is a cold war fought by “leaders” willing to maintain their privilege at all costs, to the detriment of a...
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Published in: ourEconomyourVoices Episode 1: Whose data? Our data!In the first episode of ourVoices we explore the rise of big tech, and imagine a future where our data is used to...
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Published in: 50.50The war on African women is supported by foreign activists, with no regard for our livesI know what life is like when access to sexual and reproductive services is limited. In Nigeria and across the...
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Published in: 50.50American-led ‘pro-family’ summit in Ghana condemned for ‘shocking’ white supremacist, Islamophobic linksThe World Congress of Families, hosting an Accra ‘family and development’ event, has European allies who have called...
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