Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

Is Accepting Ethnic Groups More Than Just Tolerating Their Differences?

27 year-old Nixiwaka, originally from the Yawanawá (translated to “People of the Wild Boar) tribe in Brazil’s Amazon, now lives in London where he works hand-in-hand with Survival International; their collaborated...
by Helen Hawgood
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Today’s Cuba – Running To A Standstill

Last week’s exchange of political prisoners between the US and Cuba, followed by a handful of far-reaching declarations tabled by the White House were widely acclaimed as a new opening between Havana and Washington. For all t...
by Mateusz Mazzini
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The Tree of Life: Disease and Poverty in the Midst of Abundance

Clara is a little girl who lives in the dry lands of Taita in Taita Taveta County in Kenya with only her grandmother to take care of her. During the day she plays with her friends under the baobab tree in her compound. Her gran...
by Fridah Mlemwa
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New Battles On The High Seas: Developing Trends In Global Piracy

The demise of Somali piracy In 2008, as warships and other naval vessels started to increase their presence in waters around the Horn of Africa and in the Indian Ocean, Somali pirates faced a dramatic change in the rules of the...
by Jens Presthus
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World Cancer Awareness Day 2015

The beginning of 2015 was pointedly marked by Dr Richard Smith’s comment that cancer is the best way to die.The comment met with extraordinary backlash from researchers, charities, and the families and friends of those th...
by Abbie Saunders
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And The Nobel Peace Prize Goes To…

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Pakistani teenager and girls’ rights advocate, Malala Yousafzai, alongside Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. As most of us already know, Malala Yousa...
by Jamal Russell Black
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The Vigilante Militia Presence in Mexico: Self-Defense or Self-Interest?

Recently, Mexican authorities announced the arrest of 46 criminals posing as vigilantes in the town of Huetamo in the southwestern state of Guerrero. This marks yet another victory for law enforcement officials in Mexico, whom...
by Brian Comiskey
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Now Is The Time For An Israeli Spring

A majority of Israeli Jews (59%) would support the government discriminating against the country’s Arab minority if it formally annexed the occupied West Bank, according to a survey published by Haaretz newspaper on the 2...
by Nadim Souss
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Too Late For Jamaican Government To ‘Kiss And Make Up’ When It Comes To Chikungunya

As Chikungunya, a mosquito-born virus that causes high fever and acute joint pain, continues to run rampant throughout the Caribbean, regional governments have been grappling with how to deal with the outbreak. In Jamaica, w...
by Janine Mendes-Franco
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