Spotlight gives hope to Africa’s hunted albinos
Thomson Reuters Foundation Increased funding and awareness campaigns are helping to slow the rates of violence against people with albinism in Africa, according to officials and campaigners. In some countries in sub-Saharan Africa, people with albinism – a lack of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes – are attacked for their body parts which […]
Tech tool aims to predict global water conflicts before they happen
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Artificial intelligence can predict where conflicts over scarce water will break out up to a year in advance and allow action to prevent them, researchers said on Friday. An early warning tool that tracks water supplies worldwide and mixes in social, economic and demographic data to flag up potential crises is being […]
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourist flock to Chernobyl
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation A spate of selfie-taking tourists at Chernobyl – one wearing little more than her underwear – in the wake of a hit TV series on the world’s worst nuclear disaster has sparked anger, with the show’s author urging more respect for the dead. The nuclear plant and the abandoned town that neighbours it […]