“For too long, Somali women journalists have been treated as second class citizens and Somali news has ignored the stories and voices of half the population;
Fake news is not new, but it is inevitable and inescapable – which is why we need uncomfortable, critical and truthful journalism to prevail.
A chaotic U.S. withdrawal has led to “unprecedented” suffering among Afghans. According to a Gallup poll, 94% of Afghans “rated their lives poorly enough to be considered suffering.”
“Diversity is not only about who is telling the story, but about how and to whom you are telling the story,”
Creating a stronger culture of welcome is the only way to replace narratives and policies of cruelty and indifference towards people on the move.
Despite a ban on pro-Ukrainian perspectives, one Chinese blogger living in Odessa has decided to share his experiences with Chinese audiences, only to be censored and attacked on Chinese social media
“Because of my own experiences, I feel the pain and suffering of Ukrainian refugees more than most. But when people started to come to Poland from Ukraine, and I saw how enthusiastically Polish society welcomed them, it hurt so much.”
As the war enters its third week, it’s become common to see American journalists show their overt support and sympathy for the people of Ukraine. … “as a journalist I will be biased/not credible if I were to publicly do the same with Palestine or Syria — countries that have been resisting occupation/war for years.”
Social media users accuse media of hypocrisy in its coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine compared with other conflicts.
The speed of the international response – which includes the exclusion of Russia from some cultural events and treatment of it as a pariah in sports – has raised eyebrows at the lack of such a reaction to other conflicts across the world.
While locally produced superhero comics written by Africans for Africans have been gaining fandom since the late 1980s, the popularity of African comics skyrocketed in 2016.
With a decimated refugee support system in the US, efforts to integrate Afghan evacuees face an uphill struggle.
Taliban has imposed many restrictions on women, but says it has no objection to education for women. Some public universities have opened in Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with a trickle of women attending classes.