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A social media blackout persists in Uganda, weeks after the election

The internet was partly restored on Monday, 18th January 2021.

Written by James Propa

30 January 2021

Mozambican football back in action with the debut of all-women referee trio

Matches resumed on 16 January

Written by Dércio Tsandzana

Translated by Liam Anderson

29 January 2021

Famed Serbian film director arrested after former students accuse him of rape

The scandal has captured the Balkans' social media conversation in recent weeks

Written by Filip Stojanovski

29 January 2021

Pandemic soca: How COVID-19 is shaping the sound of Trinidad & Tobago's cancelled Carnival

'You confined in your mind? What happen to your imagination?'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

28 January 2021

Critics warn Malaysia’s state of emergency could undermine democracy

'Why such an immediate impulse to silence critics?'

Written by Mong Palatino

28 January 2021

Indigenous-led telecommunications organization wins historic legal battle in Mexico

A legal precedent is set for community media

Written by Jacobo Nájera

Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

27 January 2021

Landmark ruling opens the way for environmental transparency in Trinidad and Tobago

Environmental data and information are ‘critical to sustainable development’

Written by Zico Cozier

27 January 2021

Settlement pacts in Syria's Daraa: A hunt for dissidents

Dissidents argue the agreement is the regime's way of retaliating

Written by عقبة محمد - Mohammed Okba

Translated by Lara AlMalakeh

26 January 2021

In Tanzania, full-throttle COVID-19 denial leaves citizens without access to public health information

Tanzania has gone silent on COVID-19 since declaring itself 'coronavirus-free'

Written by GV Sub-Saharan Africa

26 January 2021

Japanese skincare company faces online backlash and boycott after CEO's racist remarks

Skincare company DHC has prominent connections to the Japanese far-right

Written by Nevin Thompson

26 January 2021

Thai woman receives 43-year sentence for sharing audio clips ‘defaming’ the monarchy

Accused had already spent over three years in jail for alleged offense

Written by Mong Palatino

25 January 2021

Hypocrisy vs history debate follows death of former Yugoslav actress Mira Furlan

Admirers objected to revisionist obituaries which glossed over her 1991 banishment

Written by Filip Stojanovski

25 January 2021

Why can't women be marriage registrars in Bangladesh?

A court verdict cited menstruation cycles as a physical disqualification

Written by Rezwan

25 January 2021

Protests mount over Israeli medical apartheid during pandemic

Israel's rapid vaccine rollout leaves out Palestinian population

Written by We Are Not Numbers

24 January 2021

A hip-hop band plays exclusively on traditional instruments to forge a new Kazakhstani identity

The band sees it as a cultural offering to the nation

Written by Filip Noubel

24 January 2021

Join us LIVE on January 29 for ‘The Milk Tea Alliance: Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong's unified fight for democracy’

The session will be live-streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube, and Twitch.

Written by Filip Noubel

23 January 2021

Which colonial statues are being torn down in Latina America?

For many, destroying statues is another way to demolish, symbolically, the ideas of oppression, slavery and colonialism.

Written by Sabrina Velandia

Translated by Sabrina Velandia

23 January 2021

Hong Kong protesters’ ‘Brick Arches’ wins Beazley Designs’ People’s Choice Award

These small structures were used to slow down police vehicles

Written by The Stand News

23 January 2021

Hong Kong’s Kim Jong-un impersonator reveals he was arrested in October

Howard X says his political performances are to blame

Written by CitizenNews

23 January 2021

Dutch climate activists block Climate Ministry entrance to demand release of “Shell Papers”

Extinction Rebellion Netherlands demands more transparency from the Dutch government

Written by Ricardo Diaz

22 January 2021

UK strain of COVID-19 arrives in Trinidad & Tobago

This strain is estimated to be 50-70 per cent more contagious

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

22 January 2021

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