Elections took place on March 24 under a complicated new system that empowered small parties – and the military. Bangkok, Thailand – Thailand’s newly-elected parliament sits for the first time on Friday, as pro-military and pro-democracy parties manoeuvre for power…
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Vietnam’s rap queen and traditional society’s changing voice
Emerging star Suboi ‘pushing the limits’ as one of the few female rappers in socially conservative Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – “Life is happy, so what?” sings Vietnamese artist Suboi in her new hit single N-sao. The song…
Tagged with: Hip Hop, Ho Chi Minh City, politics, Rap, Saigon, social media, Suboi, Vietnam
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Cambodia 2018 Election Report: ‘The Crackdown Continues’ – CBC The World this Hour
PHNOM PENH – July 29, 2018 was Cambodia’s sixth general election since the UN organized the country’s first free and fair elections in 1993. For the last 25 years, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has used elections as a way to…
Tagged with: Cambodia, Election, human rights, Hun Sen, Independent media, Online crackdown, politics, Prime Minister, social media
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Media Literacy Talks for Tanzania’s Youth
I’m on the back of a boda-boda motorcycle taxi, heading uphill, when my driver, Nuru, points out the drive-way leading to the house of Tanzania’s former prime minister and current presidential hopeful, Edward Lowassa. Not even five seconds after we…
Tagged with: Africa, arts & culture, Arusha, corruption, girls school, journalism, maasai, Mambo Jambo Radio, media development, media literacy, media4dev, MWEDO, Orkeeswa school, politics, poverty, tanzania, TGFT, walking tour, youth
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#RightsMedia doc: #Tanzania ‘s #burgeoning #youth #opposition
Part 2: 27-year-old Nanyaro Ephata is a Chadema (political opposition party in Tanzania) youth leader based in Arusha. He organizes party youth to rally behind elected members of parliament when they visit the region to speak. Ephata accuses the governing…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, Africa, Arusha, CCM, Chadema, Chadema youth, government, human rights, June 15 bombing, Kaloleni, Nanyaro Ephata, opposition rally, organizer, politics, Soweto, tanzania, youth
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#RightsMedia doc: The #rise of #Tanzania ‘s #opposition #Chadema party
Part 1: Chadema (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo – Party for Democracy and Progress) is the political opposition in Tanzania’s parliament. A bombing at a Chadema rally in Arusha on June 15, 2013, the day before a by-election, caused four…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, Arusha, bombings, by-election, CCM, Chadema, Godbless Lema, human rights, James Ole Milya, June 30, Law, MPs, politics, protests, rally, rise of Chadema, Soweto grounds, tanzania
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#RightsMedia story: Tanzanian youth rising
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Despite statements made by the Tanzanian government to discredit the opposition and blame unemployed “idle youths” or “rioters” for actions taken against the state, the governing CCM party’s public relations campaign seems doomed to fail. The CCM (Chama…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, anti-poverty, Arusha, Bayaye, CCM, Chadema, CUF, Human development index, Jakaya Kikwete, Mtwara, opposition parties, politics, regionalism, regions, Ryszard Kaupuscinski, street crowds, tanzania, UNDP, unemployment, youth
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#RightsMedia report: Mama C on #poetry #music #art and the #BlackPanther Party
Charlotte Hill O’Neal, aka Mama C, was a member of the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panther Party before she went into exile with her husband Pete O’Neal in Tanzania. Together, the two have worked in community development and…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, activism, Africa, afrofusion, Arusha, Black Panther Party, Charlotte Hill-O'Neal, Kansas City, Mama C, music, Pete O'Neal, poetry, politics, tanzania, U.S., United African Alliance Community Center
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#RightsMedia doc: In-studio with the Warriors. #reggae #music #Arusha #Tanzania
Part two of a documentary series on the Arusha-based afro-fusion, reggae band, Warriors from the East. In this part, Ras Magere speaks candidly in-studio about politics, activism and Tanzanian youth, set to a beat from a yet-to-be-released Warriors jam (featuring…
Tagged with: #RightsMedia, activism, Africa, afro-fusion, Arusha, Chadema, Kilimanjaro, Kimandolu, music, politics, radio documentary, Ras Magere, reggae, tanzania, Tanzanian youth, unemployment, Warriors from the east
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