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Human Rights

WATCH: Religious missionaries are spreading homophobia in Uganda

In his latest documentary, God Loves Uganda, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fueling Uganda’s terrifying turn towards biblical law and the prop...
by Natasha Lipman
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Animal Rights

Food for Thought: How to Treat Poachers

So here’s a question, how should poachers (those who kill endangered species for a living or extra income) be treated when found by authorities? Should they be thrown in prison? Fined? Scourged then sentenced to forced labor?...
by Conor Sullivan
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Community Key to ‘Green’ Tourism

Amidst the Westgate attack and terrorist threats to Kenya hundreds of tourism industry experts converged in Kenya to converse about green tourism. Events and management groups, travelers, conservationists, hoteliers, tours and ...
by Fridah Mlemwa
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Health

WATCH: What is the “Zambulance”?

How do you get an ambulance to someone in need on dirt roads in the middle of Africa? Well, a Zambulance. Most people never consider the incredible logistics behind the ambulance system in the industrialized world, or just take...
by Conor Sullivan
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Central African Republic

Central African Republic: “Don’t Forget About Us!”

The Central African conflict between the Central African government and Seleka rebels has worsened alarmingly since December 2012. After months of conflict, Seleka rebels announced the taking of the presidential palace on M...
by Lova Rakotomalala
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Skin Lightening: 50 Shades of Chagrin

On September the 15th, 24 Year Old Nina Davaluri became the first winner from an Indian background to win the Miss America pageant. Amidst the cheers of adulation and the small but obnoxious stream of racist remarks directe...
by Nadia Hasan
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The 5 Most Dangerous Gangs In The World

At the moment it seems like a new incident of religiously-driven gang violence is appearing in the newspapers every day. What with the recent Kenyan mall massacre and the Nairobi school shooting, it seems like we have a chain r...
by Maddie Barber
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Human Rights

Shining a Light on the Child Marriage Epidemic

Growing up in India, I was fortunate to have parents who had been modernised and had left some of the ancient traditions of Indian culture behind. Of course, I say “ancient”, but outside the comfort of my home, Indi...
by Priyanka Mogul
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90% of Madagascar Lives On Less Than Two Dollars a Day. Why?

Less than two months from the country’s planned election date, there are several questions being asked about the future of Madagascar. In the first installment of our examination of the Malagasy crisis, we discussed the ...
by Lova Rakotomalala
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