Dutch company Hemelswater makes beer using rainwater
A little bit of rain never hurt anybody, but what happens if you have too much? People in the Netherlands have been pondering this question for years. Now one group of entrepreneurs in Amsterdam have...
View ArticleWhen Venezuela no longer feels like home
Venezuela's opposition movement has announced a 2-day general strike for this week. It is just the latest move to pressure the government of president Nicolas Maduro. As the political and economic...
View ArticlePrison safety concerns in England and Wales
Last year in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II ordered what was to be the largest reform of the country’s penal system since the Victorian era. The level of violence, the numbers of deaths and...
View ArticleCentral African refugees deal with many more issues than just food and shelter
Life is hard for the 147,000 Central African refugees who have crossed the border in to southern Chad-- in addition to food, shelter, and sanitation, there are other perils that refugees have to deal...
View ArticleWhile fleeing the Central African Republic, some get caught up in the violence
Central Africans fleeing the violence sometimes get caught up in it. Ex-Seleka and anti-Balaka militias abduct, rape, steal and kill people trying to get across the border to the safety of Chad. RFI's...
View ArticleCAR refugees and returnees in Chad suffer on one meal a day
Central African returnees and refugees living in southern Chad are trying to scrape by on one meal a day to feed their families, but are suffering in the process. They say that they have been forgotten...
View ArticleCAR refugees and Chadian locals have access to health clinics, but not...
The Chadian government, working with the United Nations and various aid agencies, are trying to provide healthcare to the Central African Republic refugees, returnees, and the local population in...
View ArticleCentral African refugees living in southern Chad and making a difference in...
Life is difficult for Central African refugees and returnees living in refugee camps in southern Chad, but some people manage to find their way-- and help their fellow Central Africans as well. RFI's...
View ArticleSouth Sudan runs out of fuel
In South Sudan, gas stations across the country are running out of fuel. Imports have slowed down because roads to east Africa are either blocked or frequently attacked. On top of this, the fuel import...
View ArticleTango World Championships come to Buenos Aires
Earlier this week, Argentina hosted the final of the world’s Tango competition. Buenos Aires is the birthplace of the Tango dance and every year hundreds of amateur and professional dancers come to...
View ArticleTourists flock to Israeli counterrorism boot camp
A controversial counterterrorism boot camp in the West Bank is attracting thousands of tourists from all over the world. Former commandos from the Israeli army reserve are showing them how to take down...
View ArticleFamilies desperate for news of Ukraine's disappeared
30 August is designated International Day of the Disappeared by the United Nations and other NGOs. 'Disappeared people' are people who are kidnapped or killed and whose families are not told what has...
View ArticleFC Barcelona coaches train young Argentinian players
A few years ago, someone counted how many Argentinian footballers were exported in the course of a year around the world -- the answer was 2,204. The most famous today is perhaps Lionel Messi, who...
View ArticleDance school in Senegal faces closure
L’Ecole des Sables is an internationally renowned dance school located some 50 kilometres outside Dakar. The school has been a stepping stone and launched the career of hundreds of dancers over the...
View ArticleFighting urban air pollution with microalgae
There's a new way to fight urban air pollution using the process of photosynthesis. A display column installed in a busy part of Paris is converting the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into oxygen using...
View ArticleAssessing the impact of Sierra Leone's mudslides on UK diaspora Pt 1
Three weeks ago Sierra Leone’s catastrophic mudslides left some 1,000 people dead and missing. As the West African state grapples with the aftermath of the natural catastrophe, British Sierra Leoneans...
View ArticleAssessing the impact of Sierra Leone's mudslides on UK diaspora Pt 2
Three weeks ago Sierra Leone experienced catastrophic floods and mudslides which left some 1,000 people missing and dead. Last month’s mudslides were the worst natural disaster ever to hit Sierra...
View ArticleGaza's reconciliation ladies
In Gaza the use of reconciliation ladies, who mediate family differences, regardless of religion, has spread in the past five years. Olfat Anbar, known as Um Rashid, (Mother of Rashid), is one. She has...
View ArticlePeruvian photographer Angela Ponce Romero wins Humanitarian Visa d’Or award
Angela Ponce Romero, a Peruvian photographer from Lima, was presented with the International Committee of the Red Cross award at the Visa pour l’Image photojournalism event in Perpignan this month. The...
View ArticleDisappointment in Kenyatta's backyard after Supreme Court ruling
In President Uhuru Kenyatta’s backyard in central Kenya, there is a lot of anger and disappointment since the verdict of the Supreme Court. At the beginning of the month, the judges cancelled Uhuru...
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