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Debt burden: Nigeria needs urgent actions to save crucial sectors, reduce poverty

Debt burden: Nigeria needs urgent actions to save crucial sectors, reduce poverty
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ANALYSIS: Real reasons Nigeria has a food security problem

According to FAO, over 25 million Nigerians may face acute hunger at the peak of the lean season, June-August, this year.

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Go back to the drawing board: Kenya must scrap unconstitutional Huduma Bill 2021

Civil society organizations are calling on the Kenyan parliament to immediately scrap the unconstitutional Huduma Bill 2021.

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Berhan Taye | Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies

Berhan Taye | Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
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#KeepItOn Report: Internet Shutdowns Shatter Dreams, Endanger Lives

“Shutting down the internet during a global health crisis is incredibly unsafe,” said Felicia Anthonio, Campaigner and #KeepItOn Lead at Access Now. “But, with no regard for human life, this is what governments did in 2020 again, and again, and again. As our new report, Shattered dreams and lost opportunities: a year in the fight to #KeepItOn, dissects, there is no fathomable excuse to justify these abhorrent government actions.” The report’s key findings from 2020 include: There were For the third year in a row, India shut down the internet more than any other nation a total of at least 109 times;

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