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Africa

Food, Blankets and Shelter—Only Basic Needs?

Let’s just go ahead and state the obvious—it is much easier for an NGO to market basic needs programs than it is to market programs directed at resolving more complicated issues. Because the more complicated issues (for...
by Tiffany Brittingham
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Africa

Rwanda-DR Congo Rebel Support Conflict: The Heart of the Matter

In his book “Politics”, Aristotle argued that man is a political animal, whose motive for action and reaction is ruled by need for wealth, safety and liberty. Aristotle goes on to argue that any state is like a united commu...
by Ivan Atuyambe
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Special Features

Femme International director Sabrina Rubli: Introducing menstrual cups in East Africa

Sabrina is a passionate advocate for women’s rights, and firmly believes that female empowerment is the key to a prosperous society. As a feminist, activist and humanitarian, she is thrilled to be bringing attention to th...
by Heenali Patel
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Gender-Based Violence

Maimuna’s Fight Against FGM

The United Kingdom is one of the international leaders on topics such as Female Genital Mutilation, commonly known as FGM, with many summits on the topic held in London. However, the British government is much less progressive ...
by Charlaine Grosse-Lopez
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Human Rights

Without a home, without a solution: Short-term fixes won’t solve the world’s refugee crises

Recently, a destabilising and disturbing trend has been proliferating throughout all corners of the globe. This year has seen record numbers of refugees fleeing economic hardship, political prosecution, and vicious attacks in c...
by Jamal Russell Black
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Green

COP18: African Union

Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions about Africa is that up until a few years ago, measures to tackle climate change within the continent were non-existent. Africa didn’t have environmental protection laws, right? Wrong...
by Ruth Nyambura
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Africa

Why Did Mali’s ‘Soldier of Death’ Go Viral?

Since the start of Operation Serval in Mali, this photo has been seen and shared around the world. In fact, this image of a French soldier wearing a scarf with a depiction of death’s face has become a symbol to mark the start...
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Egypt

‘One Nation’ – Two Narratives

Cairo has so far been spared the same fate as Damascus, but sure enough, the sounds of fireworks and jubilant crowds that greeted the coup of July 3rd have now been replaced by the grimmer sounds of sirens and gunfire across E...
by Owen Stenner
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Africa

What Happened to Kony 2012?

Nearly six months before the viral release of the video “Kony 2012” by the non-profit Invisible Children (IC), conservative American pundit Rush Limbaugh was already calling his listeners to attention to the on-goings of Ko...
by Tiffany Brittingham
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