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RNW wins top honours at the New York Festivals
Radio Netherlands Worldwide has won four major prizes at the 2013 New York Festivals: International Radio Awards. It won a gold medal and a Grand Prize Award for an interview entitled “The Benghazi
Shanghai Celebrates 5th Gay Pride Festival
Unlike gay pride festivals held elsewhere in the world, Shanghai Pride’s programme doesn’t include a parade. But that doesn’t change the face that the festival actively promotes LGBT rightsRNW on Facebook
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Video: “Tens of thousands of girls abused by Dutch priests”
A commission set up to investigate the sexual abuse of children by the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands has said that tens of thousands of girls were physically, psychologically and sexually abused between 1945 and 1985.
Article: What Kenyatta's victory might mean for Zimbabweans
An election in Kenya – thousands of miles away – would ordinarily not concern Zimbabweans. But in March 2013, our blogger finds just the opposite to be true. By Nkosana Dlamini, Harare
Article: Is Weibo Twitter’s evil twin?
Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook played critical roles during the Arab Spring. Can Weibo, the world’s most popular social network, play a similar role in promoting democracy in China? By Michael Anti
Video: "Gbagbo was very selfish"
27-year-old Boukary Sangaré is the son of Malian guest workers in Ivory Coast. Life for immigrants in Ivory Coast worsened as the country became increasingly xenophobic following the death of, the nation’s founder in 1993.
Article: Women of influence in the Arab world
International Wome's Day is being observed around the world. For more than 100 years, March 8th has been a day to take note of the position of women in society and to celebrate their achiements.
Article: Chávez's revolution lives on on social media
Hugo Chávez: loved by some, reviled by others, the firebrand president stirred intense feelings among people around the world. No wonder that his death is a trending topic on Twitter.
Video: Seeing Gbagbo at the ICC
What it’s like for Moussa Sylla, an Ivorian mechanic living in the Netherlands, to see former president Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
Article: The trauma of Mexican journalists
A higher percentage of journalists in Mexico suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than among correspondents who covered the conflicts in the Middle East, Bosnia, Chechnya or Rwanda.
Article: “I made it possible for my father to buy new wives”
She escaped from her husband. Ran to court. Got a divorce. All at the age of 10. Publishing her memoirs, Nujood Ali from Yemen began to break down barriers. Five years on, we visit Nujood to see how she is getting on.
Article: Sex pays for China’s budget hotels
China’s budget hotels used to target small business travellers, but their clientele nowadays is a rather different one. Cheap hotel rooms have become the space where the Chinese can pursue sexual freedom.
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