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Gender

How Live Storytelling Can Help Women Around The World To Find Their Voices

“These are stories that nobody gets to tell in the mainstream media … the quiet, desperate stories of everyday lives” Sarah Austin Jenness of The Moth ha...

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Human Rights

Internet Freedom: Why Access Is Becoming A Human Right

When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without bei...

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Festivals

4th Turkish Film Festival Builds Ties With South Africa

A Turkish film festival showcasing everything from comedies to documentaries opened on Friday evening in Cape Town, South Africa. South African moviegoers were invited to t...

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Festivals

Africa's Film Festivals That Shed New Light On The Art Form's Growing Power In The Region

The Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, founded in 1969, is the oldest biannual film festival dedicated to African films TAKING a city or region as the...

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Health

WHO Says Life Expectancy Has Increased By Five Years Since 2000, But Health Inequalities Persist.

Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year's 'World Health Stat...

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Human Rights

Land Rights For Women On Paper And In Practice.

Over the past few decades there has been growing awareness of the need to strengthen land rights for women and men across the African continent. As a result, governments ha...

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Festivals

Marlin Kirby And The Chicago Caribbean Film Festival

Marlin Kirby has been involved in the entertainment industry because he loves acting and films fascinate him. He decided to take his passion for film and create the Chicago...

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Alternative Entertainment

African Storytelling Meets Comic Books With These New Superheroes

African superheroes are emerging, as comic book creators from the continent seek to change the meaning of diversity, bringing relatable characters and rich storytelling tra...

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Sustainable Development

THIS INNOVATIVE WEST AFRICAN LAB IS TURNING E-WASTE INTO 3D PRINTERS AND ROBOTS

GROWING UP IN THE REMOTE, ARID TERRAINS OF DAPAONG IN NORTHERN TOGO, LALLE NADJAGOU WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED BY TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN.
“In my childhood I used to tr...

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Environment

IN PHOTOS: THE LARGEST BURNING OF IVORY IN HISTORY

Kenya torched 105 tons of ivory worth an estimated $105 million over the weekend in a bid to highlight the impact of poaching. Eleven piles of ivory, representing the tusks...

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