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A country adrift, critics supressed and an investment project with an explosive side are just some of the highlights of our selection of Premium stories this week.

For a person who is deafblind, technology can transform isolation into connection. Yet across Africa, that bridge remains largely unbuilt. Philanthropy now faces a precise and urgent opportunity: to ensure that deafblind persons are not left behind as digital transformation accelerates.  … The post Bridging the digital divide: A call to funders for deafblind inclusion  appeared first on Alli

Survival depends on information and social networks.

Billy Mclean knew nothing about bats. As a lifelong Kiwi, there was no reason for him to. Unlike in neighboring Australia and other parts of Oceania whose renowned flying foxes grow meter-long wingspans, Aotearoa New Zealand is famous for its birds, not bats. Mclean worked as an arborist in the Franklin area, an agricultural county […]

Summer Wildbill is tackling financial literacy, starting with an app she is developing with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s Nixyáawii Community Financial Services. She hopes other Native youth can use it to feel empowered when it comes to their own finances. The post Umatilla NYU student building financial literacy app appeared first on ICT.

Albanian law students from North Macedonia say they should be allowed to take the bar exam in their mother tongue. The dispute speaks to a broader problem of unfulfilled language rights.

Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time when "foreign tongues" mangled the native language.

[Ghanaian Times] The Upper East Regional Police Command has retrieved 1,400 rounds of ammunition concealed at a mechanic workshop near the Assemblies of God Church in Bolgatanga.

Edward Kang’s RetinaMind analyzes patients’ retinal images and accurately diagnoses neurodevelopmental disorders 89 percent of the time