Should internet access be declared a human right?
On the 1st of October 2019 mass protests spread through Iraq. People demanded an end to widespread corruption and access to basic services, like water and electricity and access to jobs. Within days h...
25 Kesä 202018min
Who will help the abandoned Ethiopian workers in Lebanon?
In Beirut, a white saloon car comes to a swift halt outside the Ethiopian Embassy in the south west of the city. A woman climbs out, and the car speeds off. The Ethiopian woman is one of many domestic...
18 Kesä 202016min
George Floyd and how social media is changing social justice
On the evening of May 25th, George Floyd Jr walked into a shop in Minneapolis and tried to use a $20 note. Within half an hour, his limp body was loaded into an ambulance. What happened in between has...
11 Kesä 202024min
Will coronavirus wipe out refugee camps?
The Coronavirus has spread around the world … infecting millions of people in nearly every country. As doctors and scientists race to discover a vaccine, prevention measures are promoted. It’s agreed ...
4 Kesä 202015min
Man vs Mosquito: The global battle against Malaria
There are 228 million cases worldwide every year. Many of them are fatal. It's for this reason, governments, international organisations and the UN spend billions trying to stop a disease that has pla...
28 Touko 202016min
India: The biggest Covid-19 lockdown
A group of Indian workers, walking back to their villages after losing their jobs, were so tired from walking all night, they lay down on an empty railway track and fell asleep. India was under lockdo...
21 Touko 202018min
The places with no coronovirus
From Island paradises to mountainous kingdoms… A few countries and territories sprinkled around the world have somehow remained COVID free. Or have they? This week, we talk to Martin Mckee, a prof...
14 Touko 202021min
Coronavirus: How close are we to a Covid-19 vaccine?
Top scientists across the world are putting their best foot forward to produce a vaccine for Covid-19 as soon as possible. There are more than 90 vaccines for the virus at different stages of developm...
7 Touko 202019min
