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Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) – Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read the full story, “Tracking Social Media to Uncover […]
‘How I became the first UN video game expert, and landed the best job in the world’
Eugenio Gastelum has been obsessed with video games since he was a kid. And now, he’s managed to turn his passion into a career, as the first-ever UN video game expert, using the popular game Minecraft, as a tool to help communities improve their public spaces. Read the full story, “‘How I became the first […]
RUBAVU, Northwester
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Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) – A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental destruction. No project funded by PDBs should come at the expenses of vulnerable groups, the environment and collective liberties, but should instead embody […]
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) – Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read the full story, “Tracking Social Media to Uncover […]
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coas
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Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) – Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, silencing their citizens and emboldening violence by non-state actors. Read the full story, “Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for […]
Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) – A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental destruction. No project funded by PDBs should come at the expenses of vulnerable groups, the environment and collective liberties, but should instead embody […]
ROME, Oct 20 (IPS)
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