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Kakwenza Rukirabashaija in Kampala, Uganda, in 2022.

Freedom of expression

Imprisoned for a novel

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by Charles Kambale
Climate and debt activists are calling for the complete cancellation of the Global South’s debts and a UN-led framework for debt and climate protection.

Financing for Development

Reforming global financial structures is non-negotiable for Africa

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by Africa Kiiza
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (left) during an election campaign tour in Ayodhya in support of BJP candidate Lallu Singh (right).

Hate speech

The ecosystem of hate

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by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
War forced Altuma and her nine children to flee their home in Khartoum, displacing them multiple times. Now in the city of Gedaref, they face the challenge of living in temporary housing with limited protection from weather conditions.

Famine

A preventable disaster

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by Eatizaz Yousif
by Corina Pfitzner

Fossil fuels

Climate action and human-rights concerns fuel Uganda’s oil pipeline debate

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by Sheillah Abaho
“ALTERNATIVE FACTS” by Sudanese artist Khalid Albaih.

Our view

Why the world needs to relearn what is true

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Indian paramilitary soldiers cordon off an area in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir after an unknown aircraft crushed near the city of Srinagar on 8 May.

Kashmir conflict

Authoritarian forces on the rise

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by Muhammad Nawfal Saleemi
Satellite image from Planet Labs taken on 25 March in the Nasir district of Upper Nile State, South Sudan. It shows where airstrikes by government forces have destroyed civilian infrastructure.

South Sudan

Renewed conflict is jeopardising South Sudan’s peace process

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by Parach Mach
Our image is taken from one of Africa Check’s guides: “Africa Check’s guide to zombie claims: how to spot false information that just won’t die.”

Fact checking

Combating fake news

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
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