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January 09, 2017 | Open Society Foundation
Jost Franko's Cotton Project on Open Society Foundation Instagram Feed
Open Society Foundations instagram takeover with the Global supply chain of cotton industry project
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January 07, 2017 | The Telegraph
Why White Zimbabwean Farmer, Ben Freeth, Returned to His Farm Eight Years After it Was Destroyed by Pro-Mugabe Forces
Eight years after Robert Mugabe's war veterans seized his family's farm, Ben Freeth returns to find it desolate and abandoned.
January 05, 2017 | Voice of America
Attitudes Toward Female Genital Mutilation Changing in Ethiopia
Attitudes toward female genital mutilation are slowly changing in Ethiopia.
January 05, 2017 | VICE News
War Pushes South Sudan Toward Famine
For months, Nyabany and her five children had avoided the gunfire. But they were dying all the same.
January 03, 2017 | Pulitzer Center
South Africa's Toxic Legacy
South Africa has historically failed to properly regulate closure of the mines that helped build its economy. These photos chronicle the country's attempt to play catch up.
January 02, 2017 | Foreign Policy
South Sudan: The Revenge of Salva Kiir
South Sudan’s president has outmaneuvered his opponents politically. Now he has carte blanche to crush them militarily.
January 02, 2017 | Saturday Star - IOL
South Africa: Amadiba Community Fights Proposed Mine
Communal land rights often hamper South Africans' claims to the profits from some regions. In the villages around Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape, this battle continues over a proposed titanium mine.
January 01, 2017 | Inter Press Service
Bringing South Africa's Small-Scale Miners Out of the Shadows
Abandoned mines, a shrinking minerals extraction workforce and traditional practices combine to produce small-scale miners in South Africa.
December 27, 2016 | Yale Environment 360
On Slopes of Kilimanjaro, Shift in Climate Hits Coffee Harvest
Rising temperatures and changing precipitation are taking a toll on coffee farms, including the ones around Mt. Kilimanjaro. Scientists say new climate-resilient species of coffee must be developed.
December 26, 2016 | Oxpeckers
Mine Closure: What's Happening in South Africa's Backyard?
This investigation combines print, photo, a mini documentary and a searchable dataset to explain never-before-seen data regarding mine closure certificates and financial provisions for rehabilitation.
December 24, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
Picking Cotton in Burkina Faso
What would change for farmers in Burkina Faso who rely on manual labor if they knew they were competing against farmers in the U.S. who use machines for pressing cotton bales?
December 23, 2016 | Huffington Post
The 21st Century Gold Rush: How the Refugee Crisis Is Changing the World Economy
These are the stories of the CEOs, criminal masterminds, pencil-pushers and low-flying vultures who have figured out how to profit from global instability, also known as human suffering.