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Recent posts
Blood ties: The controversy behind DNA surveillance in Tibet
US biotech company, Thermo Fisher, recently halted sales of its DNA identification kits in Tibet, under scrutiny that its products were being unethically used to find and persecute ethnic minorities.
Are the SDGs the best development framework for Africa?
There is a need to adopt radical post-development practices, which will serve as an alternative approach to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Africa. These approaches should serve the interests of indigenous people and global south countries, whose needs are often not considered in the SDG discourse.
Baby Selling in the Philippines: A Look at Underground Adoptions
How much would you pay to become a parent? For many people, the cost of having a child is priceless. But what if the adoption process has failed you and you’re left confused and all alone as to what to do?
Africa Ready To Develop Its Own Socio-Economic Measures
This article focuses on SDG 8, and whether GDP is an effective measurement for economic growth for developing countries, especially in Namibia.
A recap of COP28
As humanity is slowly coming to terms with the effects of climate change, innovative solutions are being sought to mitigate the damage done.
The big missed-steak of beef farming: cows and climate change
No, I am not a vegan. But conversations need to be had about the possible effects that beef farming has on climate change. This article will focus on the unreported world of beef farming and what we can do today to make it more sustainable. It will also talk about...
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