OVER QUARTER-BILLION PEOPLE WERE ACUTELY FOOD INSECURE IN 2022: REPORT

Sat 06 May 2023: In 2022, more than a quarter of a billion people in 58 food-crisis countries/territories were acutely food insecure and required immediate food assistance, according to the Global Report on Food Crises released on Wednesday. The report’s findings indicate that accomplishing the objective of eradicating hunger by 2030 is growing increasingly difficult, […]

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A SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA’S GAS AND CRITICAL MINERALS. WHO WINS?

Sun 30 Apr 2023: Europe is turning to Africa’s gas, while the US, China and Russia are racing for economic influence on the continent. As Europe shuns Russian energy supplies, it is increasingly turning to Africa to find alternatives. But critics warn, millions of Africans lack electricity and supplies are much needed at home. Meanwhile, […]

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REIMAGINING ARCHITECTURE: SUMAYYA VALLY AND ALEJANDRO ARAVENA

Sun 30 Apr 2023: Architects Sumayya Vally and Alejandro Aravena on challenging narratives and designing spaces that reflect us. South African architect Sumayya Vally challenges conventional Western principles and celebrates the local textures and traditions of her hometown, Johannesburg. In 2021, she became the youngest architect to design London’s Serpentine Pavilion and is the 2023 […]

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WHAT WILL THE FUTURE OF AI-POWERED DISINFORMATION LOOK LIKE?

Thu 30 March 2023: Researchers are growing more concerned about the technology’s ostensibly inevitable role in disinformation and propaganda campaigns as sophisticated artificial intelligence systems improve their capacity to produce images, video, and text. Our information environment could be drastically changed by developments in generative AI, to the point where humans and even machines might […]

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THE NEW PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE GROUPS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK

Sun 26 March 2023: Is the occupied West Bank the new battleground in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Why has Palestinian paramilitary activity there increased and who are the new armed groups operating on the ground there? This investigative film looks for answers to these questions and gains unprecedented access to the Jenin Brigades as well as […]

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INDIA: WHY IS GAUTAM ADANI SO INTERESTED IN NDTV? (VIDEO)

Wed 21  December 2022: A billionaire becomes the largest shareholder in a news channel in India – what’s the worry? Plus, an Italian news website is challenging much bigger media players. Gautam Adani – India’s richest man with close ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi – is in the midst of a takeover of NDTV, […]

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HOW TO NAVIGATE THE MEDIA MINEFIELD? Dangerous reporting on the war in Ukraine

Sat 26 November 2022:   As the war in Ukraine hits nine months, the news output is becoming harder, not easier, to navigate. Much of the coverage is misleading at best and dangerous at worst – and with the war showing no signs of stopping, even the term diplomacy has somehow become a dirty word. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  […]

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