Nicaragua series pt 4: NGOs denounce repression
In Nicaragua human rights organisations have grown increasingly concerned about the government’s crackdown on protesters. More than 320 people have been killed in more than six months of unrest. Daniel...
View ArticleNicaragua series pt 2: Ortega deaf to calls to go
Nicaragua has been in crisis for more than six months now. A large part of the population wants the president gone. Some 320 people have been killed in the unrest and more than 40,000 have fled the...
View ArticleNicaragua series pt 3: Church stands by opposition to Ortega
Nicaragua's opposition has been asking for President Daniel Ortega to step down for more than six months now. But the repression against it has been brutal. Opponents to the regime have been arrested,...
View ArticleStreet children in India's city Mumbai - part 1
The big cities of India, especially the commercial capital Mumbai, continue to be a major attraction for runaway kids. Many factors such as domestic abuse, a cruel stepmother, failed examinations or...
View ArticleMumbai's street children - part 2
Railway stations in India, as places of transit, source and destination, are breeding grounds for child labor and child trafficking and exploitation. Every year, thousands of children run away from...
View ArticleEffects of US government shutdown
The partial government shutdown in the United States is now in its fourth week, and there is no end in sight. US President Donald Trump wants to be given enough money by Congress to build his promised...
View ArticleThe guitar maker capturing the soul of old New York
As old buildings in New York City are torn down or refurbished, Rick Kelly sees a chance to keep their memory alive. The legendary guitar maker uses reclaimed wood from the city's buildings to create...
View ArticleGerman colonialism part 1
The German presence in Africa is often overlooked when one thinks about colonisation. Today this long-forgotten episode of German and African history is being re-examined as new efforts are driven by...
View ArticleGerman colonialism part 2
The second episode of our series on Germany’s colonial history takes us to the streets of Berlin. To date, nationwide, no monument commemorates Germany’s dark past in Africa. Yet, for anyone who cares...
View ArticleGerman colonialism part 3
In the third episode of our series on German colonial history, we look at the question of the restitution of looted human remains. At the beginning of the 20th century, after colonial massacres, German...
View ArticleGerman colonialism part 4
In November 2018, French president Emmanuel Macron stirred a debate on African cultural heritage when he announced a five year plan for France to hand over objects acquired during colonial times and...
View ArticleGerman colonialism part 5
In the fifth and last part of our series on German colonialism, we look at the work of activists and members of the German African community with regard to Germany's past in Africa. This period of...
View ArticleTunisia marks eight years since its revolution
Tunisia will forever be remembered as the birthplace of the Arab Spring in January 2011 - the revolution that forced long-time dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali to step down. Despite being the only...
View ArticleOver a million Venezuelans trying to call Colombia home
Since 2015, three million Venezuelans have fled economic and political crisis in their homeland. That's according to an announcement made in early November by the United Nations. Over a million...
View ArticleOne year after Robert Mugabe: has Zimbabwe changed?
On November 21st, 2018, exactly a year to the day has gone by since a coup led to the resignation of former leader Robert Mugabe, in Zimbabwe. His resignation, this day last year.... was received with...
View ArticleLeft-leaning gun owners look for alternatives in the US
In the United States, there are more firearms than people. And the right to own guns remains popular, especially in rural states like Alaska. But the country's premier gun rights group the National...
View ArticleRepatriating artifacts taken from Nigeria by European colonialists
Some of the most important artifacts were taken away from what is now modern-day Nigeria during the colonial era. But they may soon be on their way back. The Benin Bronzes, consisting of hundreds of...
View ArticleUN trying to recruit more female peacekeepers
It’s been 70 years since the United Nations launched its first peacekeeping mission in 1948. Back then, peacekeeping missions only accepted men. And that hasn’t changed much -- today, only only around...
View ArticleSurrogacy in Kenya: a growing trend
Surrogacy is a growing trend amongst a certain section of Kenyan women. The practice is intended to help infertile couples who are unable to conceive naturally. According to the Nairobi In Vitro...
View ArticleClaudette Colvin: the precursor to Rosa Parks in the US Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks is credited with starting the American civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus. But few people know that, nine months...
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