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12Sep/17

Australia kicks off same-sex marriage ballot

September 12, 2017PoliticsAustralia, AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY, Australian family law, BILL SHORTEN, civil society, Country: Australia, EDDIE BLEWETT, LGBT history, LYLE SHELTON, Mating, NINE NETWORK, Samantha Vadas, Same-sex marriage, Same-sex marriage in Australia, Social Issues, Vadassmbale

Australia launches a non-compulsory weeks-long postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage. Samantha Vadas reports. Continue reading →

30Nov/15

Leaders gathered for climate summit pose for family photo

November 30, 2015EnvironmentBarack Obama, BOURGET, civil society, cleaner energy sources, Climate change, Climate change policy, Climate history, Climate Summit, Copenhagen, Environment, Environmental Issues, France, Global warming, Natural environment, Nature, Paris, Pope Francis, Time, United Nations, United Nations Climate Change Conference, United Nations Secretariat, United States, Xi Jinpingsmbale

World leaders gathered for the United Nations-sponsored climate summit pose for family photo as the 2-week meeting gets underway.

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09Oct/15

Tunisian president, people welcome Nobel win for mediator group

October 9, 2015WorldAbdelhak, Angela Merkel, Beji Caid Essebsi, Ben Ali, civil society, Countries, Egypt, Ennahda Movement, Geography of Africa, Germany, Hamadi Ben Brahim, Islamist, Nabil Hamzaoui, Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, Norwegian Nobel committee, Organizations, Oslo, Pope Francis, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Socialism in Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, Tunisian Revolution, Zine El Abidine Ben Alismbale

The Tunisian president says the Nobel committee has honoured the country’s National Dialogue Quartet and its work, after the group won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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03Aug/15

African Data platform launched to challenge Global development community for accuracy of Data

August 3, 2015TechnologyAfrica, Articles, civil society, Data, Data Scientist, Development, Economics, Economy, Environmental social science, Facebook, Geographic information system, Ghana, International development, Kenya, London, Mariéme Jamme, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goals, New York, New York City, Poverty, Rwanda, Senegal, Social Issues, Socioeconomics, Sustainability, Sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, Technology/Internet, ThoughtWorks, Zambiasmbale

“The African continent deserves better and more accurate data”

London August 2015 (ACCUR8DATA) – A group of prominent African leaders in the field of data and innovation from Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda and Senegal announced the launch of the Accur8Africa platform to improve the accuracy of data in the continent before the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in New York this coming September at the 70th United Nation General Assembly.
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