Contrary to the colonialist perspective, democracy is not a foreign concept in Africa. Chalachew Tadesse describes the successful election of Somaliland’s new president.
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A flood of new surveillance technologies are giving the government access to a wider ranger of personal information than ever before, according to a recent Harvard study.
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“This art demonstrates the creativity of the young artist(s), risking it all to share the sentiments of their generation in Iran’s closed and heavily controlled environment.” Yaghoub Yadali examines the work of Black Hand, a dissident street artist using graffiti to make a political stance.
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After son’s murder, Mexican poet Javier Sicilia leads “March for Justice and Peace” and writes letter calling for government and drug cartels to end violence.
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