Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in the Americas
More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...
36 Hours in Accra, Ghana
A visit to Accra offers a rich mix of small-town bungalow communities and sleek new high-rises, of exuberant dancing outdoors ...
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From Leopold to lithium: How corporations perfected the art of plundering Africa
The current conflict in the DRC is not just a crisis of governance or ethnic tensions but a direct continuation of a colonial project rebranded for the 21st century.
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Before Google maps, there was Gladys West, the woman who shaped modern GPS technology
In the early 1980s, Gladys led a five-member team that was programming the IBM 7030 computer, popularly known as Stretch. She ...
New Australian Map To Enhance Conservation Of Species In Ice-Free Antarctica
Australian researchers have created a new detailed map of Antarctica's ice-free land that they say will help protect the ...
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New Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibition is a celebration of the history and royalty of Sub-Saharan Africa
A new exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi is exploring a thousand years of African history through the lens of the continent’s ...
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Three Sahel nations exit West African bloc as regional politics shift
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were to officially quit the West African bloc Ecowas Wednesday, severing ties after years of ...
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The story of one woman’s fight to gain African independence from colonial rule
Eve Blouin, daughter of African independence activist Andrée Blouin, speaks to The World’s Host Marco Werman about a new ...
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Africa: Trump's Inauguration Speech - Wrong On Some Counts, but Right On Ambition
Opinion - I'd promised myself that I wouldn't watch Donald Trump's inauguration, but I failed miserably. On Monday, overcome with morbid curiosity and armed with a hot cup of tea, I watched the ...