14TH MAR 2016 Tumblr How would it sound, if African media reported US elections in the same tone as Western media report on polls in Africa and...
DEVELOPMENT/ON THE MEDIA: IF IT HAD HAPPENED OVER HERE
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DEVELOPMENT: Secret aid worker: is humanitarian work a career for escapists?
By: Secret aid worker 23 February 2016 TheGuardian The grass is always greener elsewhere for western expats, says one development worker....
ON THE MEDIA: If It Happened There: Death of Hard-Line Jurist Throws Regime Into Chaos
By Joshua Keating FEB. 17 2016 Slatest WASHINGTON, United States—The unexpected death of a hard-line conservative jurist on America’s...
DEVELOPMENT: Secret aid worker: who will save the white saviours from themselves?
By: Secret aid worker 19 April 2016 TheGuardian I see subtle forms of racism all around me. Others call it charity When one lives...
ON THE MEDIA: Reporting on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
11 April - 15 April Reuters Course closed for applications. The global trade in human beings is bigger today than at any time in history....
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...