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Issues and Analysis
AFGHANISTAN: As Afghan war escalates, schools forced to close
By: LYNNE O'DONNELL and KARIM SHARIFI Apr. 5, 2016 AP KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of Afghanistan's proudest achievements has been...
DEVELOPMENT: Expat wages up to 900% higher than for local employees, research shows
A survey of 1,300 local and expat workers found a wage gap that ranges from 400-900% and causes significant resentment among local workers Imagine...
ON THE MEDIA: VR Becoming an Actual Reality for Documentarians
By: CASEY FREEMAN HOWE APRIL 18, 2016 IDA Following a brief test run in the 1990s, virtual reality has rapidly taken hold over the past...
DEVELOPMENT: What the Panama Papers Mean for Global Development
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage IPS UNITED NATIONS, Apr 12 2016 (IPS) - The financial secrecy and tax evasion revealed by the Panama Papers has an...
ON THE MEDIA: What If African Media Reported US Elections Like Western Media Report on Africa?
By: Ndesanjo Macha 21 April 2016 GlobalVoices Coverage of Africa by Western media often portray the continent in a...
AFGHANISTAN: Interview- Don’t let Afghanistan become forgotten crisis – Red Cross official
By: Emma Batha 22 Apr 2016 Reuters LONDON, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world must not let Afghanistan become a...
ON THE MEDIA: 2016 World Press Freedom Index: a “deep and disturbing” decline in media freedom
April 13, 2016 RSF The 2016 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, which Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will publish on 20 April, shows...
HAITI: Haiti will miss election deadline, no date for new president
15 Apr 2016 By: Joseph Guyler Delva Reuters PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 14 (Reuters) - Haiti will not meet a deadline to complete its...
ON THE MEDIA: A new understanding: What makes people trust and rely on news
04/17/16 AmericanPress This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated...
DEVELOPMENT: How to reduce humanitarian need
20 Apr 2016 By: Stephen O’Brien, UNOCHA and Kevin J. Jenkins, World Vision International Original In the next decade, most of the world’s acutely...
AFGHANISTAN: Afghan teenager braves threats, family pressure to lead women’s orchestra
Mon, 18 Apr 2016 By: Mirwais Harooni Reuters KABUL, April 18 (Reuters) - Like many teenagers, 19-year-old Negin Khpalwak from Kunar in eastern...