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Kelvin OgomeDeteriorating levels of education in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya • Current Affairs • 22 Feb 2019
The number of school drop outs in Kenya has almost doubled up even as the government pushes for free education from primary level to university. This is a result of a hostile working environment for foreigners, Community based organizations and NGOs who have opted to move out of the country or close... Read more
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Mel BaileySenegal's Presidential Elections
Dakar, Senegal • Politics, Current Affairs, Social, Breaking News • 23 Feb 2019
Senegal's Presidential elections are set for February 24, 2019. Sitting president Sall is running for reelection and many people feel he is willing to do whatever it takes to win. Live coverage Feature on reelection conspiracy Candidate Background Read more
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Waqar RizviChinese archeologists discover 4000 years old civilisation signs in Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan • Cultural • 24 Feb 2019
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered some artefacts dating as far back as 1700 BC near Khanpur. It suggests that there was a civilisation in this area long before the Gandhara civilisation. Kindly check the link below :... Read more
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Over 100,000kg human hair exported to China
Lahore, Pakistan • Social • 24 Feb 2019
The National Assembly was told on Friday that over 100,000kg of human hair was exported to China over the last five years. In a written reply, the Ministry of Commerce and Textile told that house that 105,461kg of human hair, valued at $132,000 was exported to China. The break up shows that in... Read more
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Anna Lladó FerrerMobile World Congress
Barcelona, Spain • Technology • 25 Feb 2019
I’ll be covering the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (25-28 February). Available for Video Rushes, Photography, Interview, Live Phoner for Radio, Skype for TV, News Gathering. Read more
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Swati K.Jallikattu Festival
Alanganallur, India • Politics, Current Affairs, Entertainment & Celebrity, Sports, Social, Cultural, 360 Videography, Breaking News • 28 Feb 2019
Jallikattu festival Summary: Jallikattu, more than 2,000 years old, is considered to be one of the oldest sports still practised in the modern era. The bull-taming sport is usually played during the harvesting festival of the state, Pongal, before which hundreds of bulls are specifically... Read more
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Yasser Abu WaznaGAZA LAST HANDLOOM WEAVER
Gaza • Business, Finance, Current Affairs, Arts & Books, Entertainment & Celebrity, Paranormal, Social, Cultural, Breaking News • 28 Feb 2019
Summary In his seventies, the last Gazan handloom weaver strives to preserve the profession of his ancestors from extinction as cheaper imported carpets from Turkey, Iran and China spread. It’s not only his sole source of income, but also a matter of pride legacy. Loyal admirers who prefer local... Read more
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Cindy LadageFarm Toy Hobby Event
St. Louis, United States of America • Arts & Books • 28 Feb 2019
I will be covering the Mid-America Farm Toy Show in St. Louis, Missouri USA this weekend. If anyone is curious about the trend in the farm toy hobby or what it is, I can provide photos, coverage of the hobby and the event. This show has been going on for over 25 years and includes a scratch built... Read more
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Arun AsthanaCoverage of KUMBH: a collective act of faith and the largest public gathering in the world
New Delhi, India • Paranormal, Investigative Reporting, Research, Social, 360 Videography, Breaking News • 31 Mar 2019
We offer to provide full coverage of the largest congregation of faith. We will be providing raw footage and or post produced and packaged daily stories/documentaries for all 55 days of this mega event from the ground. Our team of cameramen and reporters/producers will be available for live coverage... Read more
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Samson BerhaneThe Untold Stories of Eritrean Migrants
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • Current Affairs • 31 Mar 2019
Migration is still as a big concern in Eritrea. Youths, frustrated by the policies of the government, cross the border in droves, searching for a better life. Ethiopia hosts the highest number of refugees from Eritrea. The absence of rule of law, unlimited mandatory national service and absence of... Read more
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Cindy Ladage
Florida Flywheelers, a flea market and antique tractor show
Fort Meade, United States of America • Cultural • 31 Mar 2019
Interested in a huge annual event in Avon Park, Florida? Each year, collectors gather at this park to check out antique tractors and the Village where they see collectibles and buy and sell in the area flea market. This is a cultural event of interest to those in the farm tractor hobby. Read more
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Mahmud Mohammed-NurudeenNo single high profile murder in Ghana has been solved after going cold.
Kumasi, Ghana • Investigative Reporting • 30 Apr 2019
Series of murder and killing of high profile people, for more than two decades now, but none has been brought to its conclusive stage, especially after going cold. Ghanaians are becoming disillusioned, embittered, and doubtful about the work of security services and now taking charge of their... Read more
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Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen
Quest for Broader Knowledge
Kumasi, Ghana • Training • 29 May 2019
Stories about the daily struggle of deprived rural children to access education can, sometimes, be mind-boggling. The fate of pupils of a local Islamic school in a community near Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana remains uncertain. This is because decades after it was set up, secular... Read more
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Darren Allan KyeyuneTen-year-old defies infirmity to delight in swimming
Kampala, Uganda • Sports • 01 Jun 2019
Despite infirmity on her right hand, Husinah Kukundakwe has taken the swimming fraternity of Uganda by storm with her skills in the pool. The ten-year-old has been swimming since her pre-primary and recently began competing favourably amongst the fully-abled age-mates. Her coach Matovu Wasswa picked... Read more
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Maria Urduja Osit-LiMonsour Del Rosario Continues to Serve Constituents in Makati Amid a Perceived Demolition Job from Political Opponents
Manila, Philippines • Politics • 20 Jun 2019
Manila, Philippines- Amid the Demolition Job that His opponents are perceived to be doing, Congressman Monsour del Rosario continues to serve his constituents doing his rounds twice to three times a week at the first district of Makati, attending to the needs of residents specially the elderly. Abby... Read more
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Jacqueline AdebijaBecause You Refuse To See Me
Kaduna, Nigeria • Medical, Cultural • 30 Jun 2019
Currently, it is estimated that about 2.5 million children under the age of five have severe acute malnutrition in Nigeria and 90% of these cases are in Northern Nigeria. About 1.6 million of those malnourished children, call Kaduna state home. 20% of them will die before help comes. This, for me... Read more
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Amy FallonCanada's cannabis legalisation
Toronto, Canada • Business, Current Affairs, Cultural, Breaking News • 01 Oct 2019
Cannabis will become officially legal in Canada on October 17. If you're interested in or require coverage - from business pieces to tourism to women entrepreneurs - please get in touch as I have a number of stories I can write for you. Read more
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steve lefophanaAmabherete makes a sudden come back
Johannesburg South, South Africa • Politics • 01 Dec 2019
Known for their brutal approach, heavy amination and bullet proofs embodied in them, the notorious Police tactical response team normally known as Amabherete have made a sudden come back after few years of disappearance. In a Press conference Police Minister Fikile Mbalula “South Africa has been... Read more
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Marc Figuerola DelgadoBREAKING NEWS IN CATALONIA
Barcelona, Spain • Breaking News • 31 Dec 2019
I am available to radio and TV stations to report about the latest breaking news about Catalan affairs. English and Spanish. I am also available for scouting if you send a reporter. Read more
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Jackie Guigui-StolbergLions, Tigers, and Bears - Oh My! 100 Hundred Years of Munich's Circus Krone
Munich, Germany • Cultural • 31 Dec 2019
In 1919, after the end of World War I, the Krone family of Munich, which had had a traveling animal show since 1870, opened Circus Krone in Munich. In 2019 Circus Krone will celebrate 100 years of great traditional and innovative circus entertainment as the world’s circus that has performed for the... Read more
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Arun Asthana
Set Up, Revamp and Training for TV News Network
New Delhi, India • Business, Technology, Media Training, Training • 31 Dec 2019
We help set-up and launch of new TV stations as well as revamping of existing players by providing expertise in business model, technology, training, branding, manpower structuring, recruitment, content strategy, distribution strategy, launch and post launch handholding. Our clients are prominent... Read more
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Melissa ChemamEuropean citizens facing the grim prospect of Brexit
London, United Kingdom • Politics • 31 Dec 2019
Hello there, since the "Brexit" referendum in 2016, I've collected interviews and testimonies of European citizens from all over the UK on their future prospects and the hardship of recent negative changes. I've worked on many angles and with people from the health sector, the music industry, in... Read more
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Jonathan MitchellUK's first spaceport planned in sleepy north coast of Scotland village
Tongue, United Kingdom • Business, Current Affairs, Technology, Science & Environment • 31 May 2020
In August 2018, the UK government announced that they had selected a site near Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland, UK to be the site of the UK's first spaceport. For the crofters (farmers) of nearby Melness, who jointly own the site, it's 'Rockets Galore' - as the spaceport will turn a sleepy north coast... Read more
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Jackie Guigui-Stolberg
What the World Kneads Now: The International Diploma in German Bread Baking
München, Germany • Food & Drink • 30 Jun 2020
Imagine the springy warmth of a yeast dough, steaming-fresh from the oven, or the crunchy crust of a whole-wheat sour-dough bread bristling with toasted sunflower seeds, or the delicate, buttery flakes of a fine puff-pastry twist. Or an enormous pretzel worthy of the Oktoberfest, studded with salt... Read more
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Mohammad Zubair khanScarified for the Kalash tribes, lost sons of Alexander the great.
Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan • Natural Disasters • 01 Jul 2020
Scarified for the Kalash tribes, lost sons of Alexander the great. Kalash tribes are known as lost sons of Alexander, famous for the unique culture and... Read more
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Beryl OsindoEarly marriages in western kenya
Nairobi, Kenya • Cultural • 01 Sep 2020
Early Marriages in Rural Kenya and Informal Settings For a long period in my life, I struggled to understand why my parents never wanted my family to stay in our ancestral home except on vacations. My six siblings and I felt overly important each fortnight of the family vacation. We were the... Read more
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Munich Confronts its Nazi Past at the National Socialist Documentation Center
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
The Braunes Haus, the building that housed Nazi party headquarters in Munich from 1930 to 1945, in fact no longer exists; it was destroyed by Allied forces after the war. But precisely at the site where it once stood, the National Socialist Documentation Center represents Munich's final coming to... Read more
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Jackie Guigui-Stolberg
Strolling Through History: A Walking Tour to Remember Munich's Nazi Past
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
The name of Munich's most successful walking-tours company, "Stattreisen" is a play on German words that mean something most closely translatable as "alternative trips". The message is clear: on a "Stattreisen" walking tour you will experience the Bavarian capital in unusual ways, with... Read more
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Jackie Guigui-Stolberg
"Blindgänger" (Unexploded Bombs in Germany) - Blasts from the Past
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
For countless reasons, World War II is present in the German psyche and memory for many people in the general population on almost a daily basis. Cities like Berlin and Dresden, for example, still have eerily empty spaces in the middle of town, where it is obvious that some edifice once stood there... Read more
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Mohammed SulemanPoor Infrastructures in Our Basic Schools
Ayensuano,Ghana • Social • 30 Dec 2020
The Yaw Donkor D/A Basic school in Yaw Donkokrom within bepoase, an electoral area in Ayensuano district has a population of 160 pupils with a three unit classroom block. The three unit classroom is shared among the primary and junior high level creating unconducive environment for teaching and... Read more