Africa

Cobalt: The ‘Blood Diamond’ of Congo

Since 1996, over six million Congolese citizens have died as a result of genocidal wars and the exploitative conditions of Western...

We Are Not All In This Together: COVID-19 and the Vaccine Apartheid

Existing policies and power structures have granted Western Nations control over global vaccine supplies while populations in the Global...

The Crisis of Girls’ Education in West and Central Africa

Obstacles to securing the right to education amidst violence, gender expectations & colonial legacy By Eliza Kravitz |...

Modern Slavery in Mauritania

Slavery still exists. It is not a practice banished by history, locked within the “shameful episode” chapter of a textbook. It is a...