Hundreds of migrants cross from Greece to Macedonia
Hundreds of migrants at the Idomeni camp walked through muddy country fields and crossed a river on Monday to try and reach Macedonia. Those who crossed the border illegally were stopped by Macedonian...
View ArticleAccess to Information in Zambia
Zambia's government promised to enact an Access to Information Law as part of its electoral platform in 2011. Supporters of the law say it will increase media freedom in the country.
View ArticleWhat can Turkey do about its migrant problem?
European leaders are sitting down with Turkish officials today and tomorrow to hammer out a resettlement scheme for migrants transiting Turkish territory and landing on European shores. The tentative...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Victims call to speed up the inquiry over war crimes
Sri Lanka's former army commander says he would welcome an international inquiry into allegations of war crimes in the final stages of the country's 26-year civil war. In an interview last week, Sarath...
View ArticleTamils accuse Sri Lanka government of torture
This report contains possibly disturbing content. In Sri Lanka, Tamils who were rounded up by authorities after the end of the end of the country's long civil war allege they were abused after the...
View ArticleEducation challenges in Tanzania
Three months after Tanzania launched its free primary and secondary education policy, how is it being implemented across the country? The programme has resulted in a significant increase in enrolment...
View ArticleYouth unemployment in India, part 1
In India, there are fears that fast demographic growth is stifling economic opportunity. More than half of the country’s billion-strong population is under the age of 30, and many of them are...
View ArticleYouth unemployment in India, part 2
India’s unemployment has spawned an underworld culture of crime and even suicide. New Delhi has one of the world’s highest suicide rates among young people aged between 15 and 29. Analysts feel it is...
View ArticleThousands of migrants stuck in Idomeni
Greece says that on Thursday no migrants arrived on its islands near Turkey for the first time since the EU and Turkey agreed a deal to stop migrants and refugees travelling to Europe. The agreement...
View ArticleThe Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem
Israeli police have deployed thousands of its officers forces around East Jerusalem after recent attacks in the city. Palestinians have concentrated their attacks on Israeli police patrols near the...
View ArticleTurkey: Cumhuriyet journalists go on trial
Today is the continuation trial of journalists Erdem Gul and Can Dundar of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. They face a double life sentence plus 30 years in jail after publishing a story which accused...
View ArticleTaryn Simon at the Moscow's Garage Museum
It’s hard to imagine a more difficult project to get off the ground: an American artist, Taryn Simon, working with the Russian government’s secretive nuclear agency to produce a cube of nuclear waste -...
View ArticleNigeria's army sets up a Human Rights desk
Nigeria’s military is under pressure to improve its human rights records. One major critic of the army is the human rights organisation, Amnesty International. The group has accused the military of war...
View ArticleUK junior doctors continue their strike
Junior doctors across England are taking industrial action following the government’s decision to put forward a new contract on junior doctors. The British Government said the new contract would create...
View ArticleHow Washington journalists have coordinated Panama Papers revelations
Not a day goes by without new revelations emanating from the Panama Papers. 11 million documents is a bigger stash than anything WikiLeaks or Edward Snowden had to offer. The series of revelations...
View ArticleWill UK lift Lamu travel ban?
The British government has said it is working on plans to lift a travel advisory it issued against Lamu County, in the northern part of the Kenyan coast. The UK announced the travel warning after...
View ArticleGambia-Senegal borders closed by Senegalese transport workers
The trans-Gambia highway, which runs further inland, has effectively been closed to cross-border traffic for over a month by Senegalese transport workers. They have been protesting against the sudden...
View ArticleSenegal opens an Ebola care center
In Dakar, a dozen tents have been erected within the city's main hospital to deal with any future cases of Ebola, whether they are suspected or confirmed cases. In recent flare-ups in neighbouring...
View ArticleOrganisation provides education for poor children in Pondicherry, part 1
In 2010, India’s parliament passed a law declaring that education was a fundamental right for millions of young Indians. It aims to ensure free and compulsory education for all children aged 6 to 14...
View Article'Queens of Africa' dolls take on Barbie in Senegal
Black skinned dolls with African hair have now arrived in Senegal. They were the creation of Taofick Okoya, a Nigerian father who created them after realising that the only ones in his house where...
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