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Assessing Change in the Philippines: A Personal Perspective on Institutional Stickiness and Idealism

A popular sentiment among my friends in the Philippines is that the government is getting worse with each passing day; with this comes the belief that there is little recourse to a ‘better life’ but to leave the country. It...
by Alvin Almendrala Camba
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Mali

Mali’s truce

After surviving a rebellious scare that threatened the existence of the Nationhood of Mali in 2012, the country is back on the track to finding lasting peace; a peace which is not owed to French Military intervention that save...
by Samson Faboye
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Growing Islamophobia In France: Towards A Revival Of The Extreme Right?

As the French Muslim population has been steadily growing, so has violence against them. Absent from the media a few years ago, the term ‘islamophobia’ is now frequently used to describe prejudice and hatred towards Muslims...
by Clemence Douchez-Lortet
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50Days4Gaza: What actually happened over the 50 days of conflict?

On 8 July 2014, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip – a military operation to put a halt to rocket fire from Hamas. The war continued for 50 days and claimed the lives of 2,251 Palestinians –...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Human Rights
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Spain’s Southern Border Faces Yet Another Scandal

This much we know: at around 6 in the morning on Thursday, on the 6th of February, a group of around 250 people headed towards the Spanish-Moroccan border in Ceuta. Members of the Guardia Civil, the police force in control of S...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Cost Of Obesity Epidemic Comparable To That Of Smoking And War: But What Should Be Done About It?

A newly published report shows the soaring economic costs of obesity, but reflection on this growing ailment of contemporary society requires us to fundamentally assess the role of the state before it is clear what ought to be ...
by Kishan Koria
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Legal Job Trafficking in Sweden

Over the past two years 47 Cameroonians have gone to Sweden to work with tree plantation in the northern forests. They were all expecting to return to their families with enough money to pay off debts, invest and start a better...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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Human Rights

War Tourism in Sri Lanka

Since the end of its civil war in 2009, Sri Lanka has been criticised for its handling of thousands of Tamils displaced during the conflict and has faced a barrage of war crimes accusations. Now the government has laid out pla...
by World Outline
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Death by Omission: African migration tragedy in the Mediterranean and the European Union

VIDEO LINK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/19/700-migrants-feared-dead-mediterranean-shipwreck-worst-yet As the voyage for seeking a better life for many migrants led them to their untimely death in the Mediterranean...
by Paridhi Singh
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