California universities fight DACA termination
In early September US President Donald Trump announced the end of a program called Daca that his predecessor Barack Obama introduced, and which gave legal protection to children and teenagers who’d...
View ArticleSenegal's Convivium farmers to revive pre-colonial crops
A number of farmers and business people in Senegal have formed a movement called Convivium to revive farming methods from the pre-colonial period. The group will help farmers grow crops that used to...
View ArticleFatah and Hamas to meet in hopes of Gaza reconciliation
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, of President Abbas’s Fatah party, will travel to the Gaza strip this Monday, in an effort to bring together Fatah and its rival Hamas -- which runs the Gaza...
View ArticleIstanbul taxi cameras raise questions about government surveillance
In Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, a new initiative has been launched to put cameras inside taxis. The city's authorities say this will provide security for both drivers and passengers. Since last...
View ArticleSenegal glams-up farming with reality TV show
How do you recruit 60,000 young millennials in Africa? Through a reality TV game show! In Senegal, Farm Factory will hit the screen this month. It’s the first show of its kind sponsored by a government...
View ArticleHow Gambians are living the post-Jammeh era?
Gambia’s former dictator leader Yaya Jammeh, who seized power in a bloodless putsch in 1994, ruled the small West Africa nation for 22 years. But in December 2016, he was defeated in the presidential...
View ArticleZimbabwe launches night HIV testing
In Zimbabwe, government health workers are offering HIV and AIDS testing at night because they believe more people will come for testing rather than during the day. And, as Jeffrey Moyo reports from...
View ArticlePablo Escobar's Colombian legacy? A herd of hippopotamuses
The biggest herd of hippopotamuses outside of Africa is in Colombia. It only exists because of drug-dealers. The lumbering giants are a the legacy of the notorious Colombian drug trafficker Pablo...
View ArticleDiwali and environment
India has been celebrating several Hindu festivals in recent weeks. And today begins the Diwali festival of lights. Traditionally these are happy occasions, but in some Indian cities, people are...
View ArticleEaling anti-abortion protest ban approved
A London council has become the first in Britain to agree to stop anti-abortion protests taking place outside a local clinic. Pro-choice supporters say it's a landmark victory for women's rights. But...
View ArticleWorking to stop the human exodus from Gambia
Gambia has the highest number of people trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Italy, than any other country in Africa, according to the United Nations. The government of Adama Barrow has promised...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s comedians, the voice of the voiceless
Zimbabweans live in constant fear of openly discussing their political and economic challenges, dreading reprisals from their political leaders. But, as a result of those fears, they have turned to...
View ArticleWhy the UN believes the Rohingyas are the target of 'ethnic cleansing'
The United Nations said this week that the number of Rohingya Muslims who’ve fled from Myanmar across the border to Bangladesh has now hit 582,000 people after the Myanmar armed forces responded to...
View ArticleGaza's first women theatre extends it reach
In the Gaza Strip, female actors have been struggling to find thier place in theatre the territory. Among the leading female artists, three have recently launched their own first-ever women's theatre...
View ArticleCalifornia's foie gras ban is back
A court in the US state of California has upheld a 2004 ban on foie gras. That’s a French delicacy but because foie gras is made from the liver of a duck or goose that has been force-fed, it’s banned...
View ArticleDrastic drop in Senegal's octopus stocks
Since the 1980s, one of Senegal’s big exports has been Octopus – but today the octopus stocks in Senegal’s waters have fallen by up to 90 percent. In a fishing village south of the capital Dakar,...
View ArticleIs Georgia the cradle of wine-making? - Part 1
At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, nestled between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea is the small country of Georgia. In nearby Turkey, Iran and Armenia, archaeological digs have uncovered...
View ArticleIs Georgia the cradle of wine-making? - Part 2
Under the Soviet Union, Georgia’s state-owned vineyards supplied wine to the entire USSR. High-yielding grape varieties led to the gradual extinction of unique Georgian grapevine varieties. After the...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi fair drives UAE's art powerhouse ambitions
While much attention has been focused on the glossy inauguration of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, on the city’s lavish Saadiyat Island, a few kilometres down the road artists from the region were putting on a...
View ArticleLouvre Abu Dhabi opens to forge international cultural connections
Thousands of visitors from around the world turned out this weekend for the public opening of what’s being called the ‘Louvre in the Sand’: it’s a new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, designed by French...
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