Name: Shira Jecziem: We need journalism that is fearless, now more than ever by FairPlanet in ON AIR: OUR COLUMNISTS' DAILY COVERAGE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS
Duration: 2 min 47 s
Description: “If Caruana Galizia’s death is a reminder of the risks such reporters take, her life is a reminder of the value of their work.”

FAIRPLANET'S PODCAST: OUR COLUMNISTS' DAILY COVERAGE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS

ON AIR: OUR COLUMNISTS' DAILY COVERAGE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS

The torture and killing of Mahsa Amini in Iran has sparked outrage and protests over misogyny and oppression.

Iranian police killing of young woman exposes need for reform: Shadi Saif

The election of the nationalist Sweden Democrats poses a threat to environmental protection and could spur climate change.

Far-right Sweden Democrats’ victory is a loss for the climate: Abby Klinkenberg

At a recent climate convention for Africa, staggering statistics were released on a new phenomenon gaining pace but which is not getting the attention it deserves. The name climate refugees is increasingly dominating national, regional and international discourses as vagaries of weather become an everyday affair.

Bob Koigi: Shedding off the climate refugee tag

The Afghan government has finally included the malicious practice of ‘Bacha Baazi’ [sexual exploitation of children and young boys] as crime in its revised penal code.

Shadi Khan: Afghanistan moves from demonizing to criminalizing ‘child play’

Gurmeet Singh: Slavery is more lucrative than it has ever been

Shira Jezcmien: Africas Fast Growing Mega Churches

Just as the Portuguese are recovering from last June’s shock, tragedy repeats itself only four months after the deadliest wildfires in the country’s history

Maria Morais: Portugal’s neglected interior up in flames (again)

The survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are worried that government will fail to aid them in the most desperate of incidents.

Shira Jeczmien: Searching for humanity as Grenfell survivors fight for their rights

The new U.S. war strategy for Afghanistan follows a dreadful path of death and destruction by all warring sides in the country.

Shadi Khan: On the dreadful path of death and destruction

“If Caruana Galizia’s death is a reminder of the risks such reporters take, her life is a reminder of the value of their work.”

Shira Jecziem: We need journalism that is fearless, now more than ever

Shira Jeczmien: International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists

Across Africa, a renewable energy wave is quickly taking shape, positioning the continent as a global frontrunner in embracing a form of energy that not only holds promise for a clean future but one that is lighting up homes, sparking innovations among the youth, inspiring new enterprises and opening up the continent to more investment opportunities.

Bob Koigi: Africa blazes the trail in renewable energy

Yair Oded: Trial against oil giant Exxon Mobil opens in New York City

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