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Art As Activism

Art as Activism: Transformative Creative Power Fueling Change

From São Paulo to Sydney, Lagos to London, artists have long interwoven creativity with protest. In every era, art has echoed the struggles of the people. “From the earliest civilizations to the present day, art as activism has been a…

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Government Spyware Surveillance in Africa

Alarming Government Spyware Surveillance in Africa: An Investigative Expose

Governments across Africa are increasingly using sophisticated spyware to monitor and intimidate political opposition. Independent investigations about government spyware surveillance in Africa by Amnesty International, Citizen Lab, Privacy International and…

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Organized crime in africa

Exposing the Criminal Nexus: Political Elites and Organized Crime in Africa

Africa’s struggle with corruption and insecurity has deep roots in the collusion between political power and criminal networks. In nation after nation, from oil-rich Nigeria to resource-rich Congo, from South…

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Foreign disinformation in African elections

Foreign disinformation in African elections: An Explosive Investigative Report

Foreign powers and private interests are intensifying campaigns of digital propaganda to influence African elections. In 2024, a record 80+ national votes involved half the global population. An Ipsos survey…

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Private Military Contractors in Africa

Deadly Role of Private Military Contractors in Africa

Across volatile battlefields, governments and militias increasingly rely on private military contractors in Africa (PMCs) i.e ostensibly civilian mercenaries to tip the scales of conflict. From Moscow’s Wagner Group in…

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chinese investment in africa

Chinese Investment in Africa: Controversial Influence on Political Power

Over the past two decades, China has dramatically expanded its economic footprint in Africa financing highways, ports, dams and factories with billions of dollars of loans and investment. This surge…

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Corporate land Grabs in Africa

Dispossessed: How Corporate Land Grabs in Africa Devastate Its Indigenous Communities

At dawn on March 15, 2024, government trucks surrounded the village of Soitsambu in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Armed officers ordered Maasai families to gather their belongings immediately. Within hours,…

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Global money laundering networks in africa

How $88.6 Billion in African Funds Vanish Into Global Money Laundering Networks

An Investigation into the $88.6 Billion Annual Drain That Keeps a Continent in Poverty While Enriching Global Financial Centers Every single day, approximately $242.7 million vanishes from Africa through a…

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Illicit diamond Trade in Africa

Blood Diamonds and illicit diamond trade in Africa: How Criminal Networks Exploit Africa’s New Smuggling Routes

Despite two decades of international efforts to eliminate conflict diamonds, a sophisticated network of smugglers, corrupt officials, and criminal enterprises continues to funnel billions of dollars worth of African diamonds…

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Wildlife trafficking networks in Africa

Wildlife Trafficking Networks In Africa – The Criminal Empire Destroying Africa’s Wilderness for Asian Markets

The numbers are staggering and the methods barbaric. Every year, criminal syndicates operating across Africa slaughter more than 30,000 elephants, 400 rhinos, and millions of pangolins to feed an insatiable…

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healthcare procurement corruption in africa

Stolen Lives: The Shocking Cost of Healthcare Procurement Corruption in Africa

The whistleblower’s hands trembled as she held the damning documents. Babita Deokaran, a financial manager at South Africa’s Tembisa Hospital, had uncovered what would become one of Africa’s most staggering…

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Foreign aid corruption in Africa

Foreign Aid Corruption Exposed: How Billions Vanish Into African Officials’ Pockets

The numbers are staggering and the evidence overwhelming: across Africa, billions of dollars in foreign aid intended to lift populations out of poverty are systematically diverted into the pockets of…

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cryptocurrency bypass financial regulations Africa

Digital Shadows: How Cryptocurrency Bypasses Africa’s Financial Guardians

In a cramped internet café in Lagos, Nigeria, twenty-three-year-old Emmanuel Adebayo scrolls through his smartphone, executing what appears to be a routine peer-to-peer trade. While we research and investigate about…

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Africa Shell Companies Mining

Shell Games: The Hidden Empire Controlling Africa’s Mining Fortune

Mining trucks navigate the scarred terrain of a massive copper pit in the Democratic Republic of Congo as we investigate and research about Africa Shell Companies Mining, their mechanical thunders…

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Hindi Imposition Controversy

Hindi Imposition Controversy: India’s Fierce Struggle for Language Supremacy

78 years of Indian independence and Hindi Imposition Controversy still lingers. India’s 1950 Constitution named Hindi (in Devanagari script) as the official language of the Union, with English assured as…

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Investigating the cultural sector

Data-Driven Reporting for Investigating the Cultural Sector

While it’s become commonplace to use data and AI tools for investigations into financial or government wrongdoing or the environment, it’s perhaps less common for investigating the arts and culture…

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Press Freedom in West africa

Press Freedom in West Africa and a fight for its accountability

When Ghanaian journalist Noah Dameh was relentlessly harassed — targeted by police, dragged to court, and driven to failing health — for exposing a business magnate’s exploitative monopoly over the…

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Denmark welfare System Algorithms

Denmark Welfare System Algorithms: How Amnesty International Dug Deep Into Its Investigation

For more than two years, Amnesty International’s Algorithmic Accountability Lab (AAL) has led a sweeping probe into Udbetaling Danmark (UDK), Denmark’s welfare agency. The findings reveal troubling patterns that echo…

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Best Investigative Stories In French in 2024

Best Investigative Stories in French In 2024: Switzerland’s Hidden Slave Trade, Migrants ‘Dumped’ in the Desert, and a Religious Sex Scandal

The investigations that caught our eye this year display the diversity that exists in the world of Francophone watchdog reporting. We have seen stories in a wide variety of formats,…

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Goldsmith Prize Finalist

Goldsmith Prize Finalist: How One Collaboration Revealed Alleged Sex Abuse, Torture by Sheriff’s Deputies

It was no surprise to Jerry Mitchell to learn high-ranking law enforcement officials had been accused of behaving badly in parts of Mississippi where journalists had not kept a watchful eye. Data…

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National Human Rights Records

National Human Rights Records: How Journalists Can Use a UN Process To Safely Evaluate

The United Nations process for evaluating national human rights records is long and a little complex, but nevertheless offers valuable material for journalists to use when exploring human rights violations.…

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