by News Decoder | 14 Mar 2016 | Africa
This is the third article that Tunisian journalist Hafawa Rebhi has written for News-Decoder. Previously she wrote on Syrian television and economic development in Africa. By Hafawa Rebhi At the start of this academic year, an eight-year-old Tunisian boy named...
by News Decoder | 10 Mar 2016 | Africa, Asia, Women
India and South Africa are thousands of miles apart but share a struggle against discrimination and inequity. Mahatma Gandhi spent his formative years in South Africa, where he forged his identity as a political activist before returning to his native India. Nolwazi...
by News Decoder | 2 Mar 2016 | Africa, Americas, Greens Farms Academy, Middle East
This is the latest article by a student from one of 11 academic institutions participating in News-Decoder’s pilot program. By Greg Venizelos As the United States ponders military intervention in Libya, it should reflect on how previous actions brought that...
by Taiylor Nunn | 24 Feb 2016 | Africa, Greens Farms Academy, Health and Wellness
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa illustrated a fundamental flaw in public health policies. Ebola survivors pray in Monrovia, Liberia, 10 April 2015. (EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo) The recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa spread fear around the world, partly because of...
by Giuliana Nicolucci-Altman | 4 Feb 2016 | Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, School Year Abroad
“The atmosphere blew me away.” Giuliana represented Denmark at the model United Nations and quickly learned the arts of diplomacy. Here I am (center) with the delegations of Slovenia, Seychelles and Senegal. (Photo by Pascal Monteville) “It’s 2048 or...
by Christopher Alexander Gellert | 21 Jan 2016 | Africa
Mali Nyeta, a U.S.-based NGO, has built a school in Mali. It’s their mission to support the health and welfare of Africans, hungry for education. (All photos by Chris Hendershot) It takes a village. Seize opportunity when it knocks at the door. Love your...
by News Decoder | 29 Dec 2015 | Africa, Americas, Asia, Economy, Europe, Middle East
For the past six months, News-Decoder has been working out of the offices of a terrific French not-for-profit called Aventure du Bout du Monde (ABM). For 28 years, ABM has been a valuable resource for globetrotters who seek out exotic destinations. Every year, ABM...
by News Decoder | 26 Nov 2015 | Africa, Americas, Europe, Sports
By John Mehaffey Evidence that the 2012 London Olympics were tainted by Russian doping and a French police investigation into the former president of the world athletics governing body on charges of accepting money to cover up positive drugs tests represent another...
by News Decoder | 26 Nov 2015 | Africa, Middle East, Women
(November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, designated as such by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999.) By Urvashi Bundel It’s been 22 years since the UN adopted a declaration urging states to end all violence...
by Colin McIntyre | 24 Nov 2015 | Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Syria
By Colin McIntyre The deadly attacks in Paris appear to have hardened opposition in East and Central Europe to a plan to relocate thousands of migrants and refugees who have flooded into the continent this year. The plan for a quota system relocating some 120,000...