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1/ #DRC 🇨🇩: BREAKING -- Joint investigation by @pplaaf.bsky.social and @tbij.bsky.social exposes large-scale destruction of the Mangrove Marine Park.
Dans les eaux troubles du Parc marin des Mangroves en République démocratique du Congo : enquête sur un écosystème en danger – PPLAAF
www.pplaaf.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
1/ #DRC 🇨🇩: BREAKING -- Joint investigation by @pplaaf.bsky.social and @tbij.bsky.social exposes large-scale destruction of the Mangrove Marine Park.
As if class inequalities were not enough - we increasingly live in a world were the wealthier can afford cooling technologies while the working class is required to burn while working
Photographing extreme heat is like photographing a ghost -- it's extremely difficult to capture in all its weirdness and power. But Tova Katzman did an incredible job here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As if class inequalities were not enough - we increasingly live in a world were the wealthier can afford cooling technologies while the working class is required to burn while working
Un moment historique pour le Sénégal qui s'apprête a faire passer la première loi de protection de lanceurs d'alerte en Afrique francophone.
Mais la loi doit encore être améliorée pour protéger réellement les lanceurs d'alerte, et permettre une action citoyenne plus large 👉
Mais la loi doit encore être améliorée pour protéger réellement les lanceurs d'alerte, et permettre une action citoyenne plus large 👉
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#SÉNÉGAL: « Il s’agit d’un moment historique pour la démocratie 🇸🇳 et pour tout le continent », a déclaré @jimmykande.bsky.social, Directeur Afrique de l’Ouest de PPLAAF.
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#SÉNÉGAL: « Il s’agit d’un moment historique pour la démocratie 🇸🇳 et pour tout le continent », a déclaré @jimmykande.bsky.social, Directeur Afrique de l’Ouest de PPLAAF.
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August 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Un moment historique pour le Sénégal qui s'apprête a faire passer la première loi de protection de lanceurs d'alerte en Afrique francophone.
Mais la loi doit encore être améliorée pour protéger réellement les lanceurs d'alerte, et permettre une action citoyenne plus large 👉
Mais la loi doit encore être améliorée pour protéger réellement les lanceurs d'alerte, et permettre une action citoyenne plus large 👉
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#CIV🇨🇮: @lemonde.fr a cité Climate Whistleblowers dans son enquête sur le barrage de Singrobo-Ahouaty - un des cas révélés par #GreenFakes. Un rapport environnemental clé a été édulcoré sous pression du client. Résultat ? 618 hectares de forêt détruite & d’espèces menacées 🐊
🔗 pplaaf.pro/4f5Upna
🔗 pplaaf.pro/4f5Upna
La lente construction d’un barrage en Côte d’Ivoire, entre ambitions énergétiques et désillusions
Edifié par le français Eiffage, le projet porté par l’Etat ivoirien et la société Ivoire Hydro Energy suscite de vives réactions des riverains bien qu’il fasse le bonheur d’un pays en pleine croissanc...
pplaaf.pro
July 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#CIV🇨🇮: @lemonde.fr a cité Climate Whistleblowers dans son enquête sur le barrage de Singrobo-Ahouaty - un des cas révélés par #GreenFakes. Un rapport environnemental clé a été édulcoré sous pression du client. Résultat ? 618 hectares de forêt détruite & d’espèces menacées 🐊
🔗 pplaaf.pro/4f5Upna
🔗 pplaaf.pro/4f5Upna
Oligarchs rarely speak unfiltered.
In new PPLAAF-obtained documents, sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler admits to paying off those close to Congo's presidency to do business, calling himself 'a king' in a country he doesn't live in or speak its language.
In new PPLAAF-obtained documents, sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler admits to paying off those close to Congo's presidency to do business, calling himself 'a king' in a country he doesn't live in or speak its language.
#DRC 🇨🇩: New revelations about billionaire Dan Gertler, published by @bloomberg.com expose the magnate calling himself "a king in Congo".
This adds to the numerous investigations showing how he allegedly enriched himself at the country's expense.
🗞️Full article here 👉 pplaaf.pro/4536Lsv
This adds to the numerous investigations showing how he allegedly enriched himself at the country's expense.
🗞️Full article here 👉 pplaaf.pro/4536Lsv
Gertler, a ‘King’ in Congo, Describes Mine Payments in Arbitration Testimony
Billionaire Dan Gertler’s confidential arbitration testimony describes how he paid an associate of Congo’s former president, and held shares on behalf of the associate and local partners, at the same ...
pplaaf.pro
July 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Oligarchs rarely speak unfiltered.
In new PPLAAF-obtained documents, sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler admits to paying off those close to Congo's presidency to do business, calling himself 'a king' in a country he doesn't live in or speak its language.
In new PPLAAF-obtained documents, sanctioned billionaire Dan Gertler admits to paying off those close to Congo's presidency to do business, calling himself 'a king' in a country he doesn't live in or speak its language.
Most countries in the world, and in Africa, don't have laws to protect individuals of speak out. Their life and safety can then be shaped by many other legal frameworks and instruments.
PPLAAF's whistleblower laws mapping for #WorldWhistleblowerDay.
PPLAAF's whistleblower laws mapping for #WorldWhistleblowerDay.
For #WorldWhistleblowerDay, PPLAAF releases an updated mapping of whistleblower protection laws across Africa.
Progress is on its way—but too many are still left exposed.
Stronger laws would mean safer voices—& a louder call for accountability.
Explore the map here 🔗👉 pplaaf.pro/4kWRkYD
Progress is on its way—but too many are still left exposed.
Stronger laws would mean safer voices—& a louder call for accountability.
Explore the map here 🔗👉 pplaaf.pro/4kWRkYD
June 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Most countries in the world, and in Africa, don't have laws to protect individuals of speak out. Their life and safety can then be shaped by many other legal frameworks and instruments.
PPLAAF's whistleblower laws mapping for #WorldWhistleblowerDay.
PPLAAF's whistleblower laws mapping for #WorldWhistleblowerDay.
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Today is the World Whistleblower Day.
To celebrate it, @climatewhistles.bsky.social & @pplaaf.bsky.social hit the streets of Dakar, Johannesburg, & Paris with one big question:
⁉️ Do people know what it means to blow the whistle?
📹Watch it now! 👉 bit.ly/4nexGIY
To celebrate it, @climatewhistles.bsky.social & @pplaaf.bsky.social hit the streets of Dakar, Johannesburg, & Paris with one big question:
⁉️ Do people know what it means to blow the whistle?
📹Watch it now! 👉 bit.ly/4nexGIY
June 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Today is the World Whistleblower Day.
To celebrate it, @climatewhistles.bsky.social & @pplaaf.bsky.social hit the streets of Dakar, Johannesburg, & Paris with one big question:
⁉️ Do people know what it means to blow the whistle?
📹Watch it now! 👉 bit.ly/4nexGIY
To celebrate it, @climatewhistles.bsky.social & @pplaaf.bsky.social hit the streets of Dakar, Johannesburg, & Paris with one big question:
⁉️ Do people know what it means to blow the whistle?
📹Watch it now! 👉 bit.ly/4nexGIY
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Cuando los whistleblowers indígenas hablan, arriesgan sus vidas y las de sus familias.
Cuatro denunciantes climáticos fueron @§e§1n@dos por señalar la tala ilegal que destruye sus tierras. Hoy, sus viudas siguen reclamando justicia para evitar que sus voces queden silenciadas.
Cuatro denunciantes climáticos fueron @§e§1n@dos por señalar la tala ilegal que destruye sus tierras. Hoy, sus viudas siguen reclamando justicia para evitar que sus voces queden silenciadas.
June 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cuando los whistleblowers indígenas hablan, arriesgan sus vidas y las de sus familias.
Cuatro denunciantes climáticos fueron @§e§1n@dos por señalar la tala ilegal que destruye sus tierras. Hoy, sus viudas siguen reclamando justicia para evitar que sus voces queden silenciadas.
Cuatro denunciantes climáticos fueron @§e§1n@dos por señalar la tala ilegal que destruye sus tierras. Hoy, sus viudas siguen reclamando justicia para evitar que sus voces queden silenciadas.
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"It’s not burnout. It’s not a midlife crisis. It’s a moral injury, the PTSD-like symptoms people experience when the work they do goes against their deepest beliefs. You are a human, stuck in an inhumane job."
🗞️👉Read the full interview of Polina Zabrodskaya in @desmog.com here: bit.ly/3ZeRtxQ
🗞️👉Read the full interview of Polina Zabrodskaya in @desmog.com here: bit.ly/3ZeRtxQ
Q&A: Why an Advertising Executive Is Blowing the Whistle on Her Agency’s 'Greenwashing'
Former BBDO Creative Partner Polina Zabrodskaya: “It’s devastating to know your work causes real harm, so people suppress that knowledge.”
bit.ly
June 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"It’s not burnout. It’s not a midlife crisis. It’s a moral injury, the PTSD-like symptoms people experience when the work they do goes against their deepest beliefs. You are a human, stuck in an inhumane job."
🗞️👉Read the full interview of Polina Zabrodskaya in @desmog.com here: bit.ly/3ZeRtxQ
🗞️👉Read the full interview of Polina Zabrodskaya in @desmog.com here: bit.ly/3ZeRtxQ
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Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Around D.C., the new going rate is well-known: $5 million for a one-on-one dinner with Trump, but gov-affairs execs have “no clue where the money is eventually going,” one said. Another told me it’s “outer-borough Mafia sh*t.” My new piece is out @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Are we really prepared for the impacts of climate change on our food?
@thegrocer.bsky.social highlights crucial warnings from climate whistleblowers in 🇬🇧, who point out that “the food industry is heading for a supply chain catastrophe that will overshadow the pandemic.”
🗞️ 👉 bit.ly/3Shq22q
@thegrocer.bsky.social highlights crucial warnings from climate whistleblowers in 🇬🇧, who point out that “the food industry is heading for a supply chain catastrophe that will overshadow the pandemic.”
🗞️ 👉 bit.ly/3Shq22q
Climate whistleblowers: why we had to speak out
An explosive insider memo warned of 'wishful thinking' on the imminent climate risks to the supply chain. Can its publication shake up a complacent industry?
bit.ly
May 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Are we really prepared for the impacts of climate change on our food?
@thegrocer.bsky.social highlights crucial warnings from climate whistleblowers in 🇬🇧, who point out that “the food industry is heading for a supply chain catastrophe that will overshadow the pandemic.”
🗞️ 👉 bit.ly/3Shq22q
@thegrocer.bsky.social highlights crucial warnings from climate whistleblowers in 🇬🇧, who point out that “the food industry is heading for a supply chain catastrophe that will overshadow the pandemic.”
🗞️ 👉 bit.ly/3Shq22q
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“I won’t be taking any settlement, & I won’t sign an NDA.”
Proud to support whistleblower Polina Zabrodskaya, former Creative Partner at top ad agency AMV BBDO, who claims she suffered reprisals after speaking out about reports of alarming practices in brands owned by Mars.
youtu.be/Pb6PR-fqIZ8?...
Proud to support whistleblower Polina Zabrodskaya, former Creative Partner at top ad agency AMV BBDO, who claims she suffered reprisals after speaking out about reports of alarming practices in brands owned by Mars.
youtu.be/Pb6PR-fqIZ8?...
Top Ad Agency Faces Landmark Whistleblower Lawsuit Over Greenwashing
YouTube video by Climate Whistleblowers
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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📢New WIN Associate: Climate Whistleblowers
WIN is delighted to welcome the environmental NGO @climatewhistles.bsky.social as an associate to the WIN Network!
Read more about them in the link below!
bit.ly/3YTwU9L
#Climate #Whistleblowers #ClimateWhistleblowers #Enviroment
WIN is delighted to welcome the environmental NGO @climatewhistles.bsky.social as an associate to the WIN Network!
Read more about them in the link below!
bit.ly/3YTwU9L
#Climate #Whistleblowers #ClimateWhistleblowers #Enviroment
April 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
📢New WIN Associate: Climate Whistleblowers
WIN is delighted to welcome the environmental NGO @climatewhistles.bsky.social as an associate to the WIN Network!
Read more about them in the link below!
bit.ly/3YTwU9L
#Climate #Whistleblowers #ClimateWhistleblowers #Enviroment
WIN is delighted to welcome the environmental NGO @climatewhistles.bsky.social as an associate to the WIN Network!
Read more about them in the link below!
bit.ly/3YTwU9L
#Climate #Whistleblowers #ClimateWhistleblowers #Enviroment
Important look into TotalEnergies claims in Ouganda.
A month ago, @climatewhistles.bsky.social's #GreenFakes investigations have shown Total employees have directly modified environmental assessments for the project
africauncensored.online/blog/2025/02...
A month ago, @climatewhistles.bsky.social's #GreenFakes investigations have shown Total employees have directly modified environmental assessments for the project
africauncensored.online/blog/2025/02...
April 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Important look into TotalEnergies claims in Ouganda.
A month ago, @climatewhistles.bsky.social's #GreenFakes investigations have shown Total employees have directly modified environmental assessments for the project
africauncensored.online/blog/2025/02...
A month ago, @climatewhistles.bsky.social's #GreenFakes investigations have shown Total employees have directly modified environmental assessments for the project
africauncensored.online/blog/2025/02...
"We are fast approaching temperature levels – 1.5C, 2C, 3C – where insurers will no longer be able to offer coverage"
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
- Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"We are fast approaching temperature levels – 1.5C, 2C, 3C – where insurers will no longer be able to offer coverage"
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1/ #ZAMBIA: 🇿🇲 Why Zambia's historic ruling is a milestone for whistleblower protection in Africa?
A thread 🧵⬇
Read more: bit.ly/4i4Mmqd
A thread 🧵⬇
Read more: bit.ly/4i4Mmqd
ZAMBIA: HISTORIC COURT DECISION FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS’ PROTECTION - ZAMBIA: HISTORIC COURT DECISION FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS’ PROTECTION IN AFRICA
The recent ruling by Zambia's Court of Appeal in favor of a whistleblower marks a historic milestone for the protection of whistleblowers in Africa. This decision was made under Zambia’s Public Intere...
bit.ly
April 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
1/ #ZAMBIA: 🇿🇲 Why Zambia's historic ruling is a milestone for whistleblower protection in Africa?
A thread 🧵⬇
Read more: bit.ly/4i4Mmqd
A thread 🧵⬇
Read more: bit.ly/4i4Mmqd
"Ending ISDS is imperative: if we don’t, we’ll face a whole new set of barriers to preventing climate change; and developing countries and emerging markets will face ever-growing debt burdens"
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end | Joseph Stiglitz
Investor–state dispute settlements don’t just mean growing debt burdens for countries: they are also a barrier to action on the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Ending ISDS is imperative: if we don’t, we’ll face a whole new set of barriers to preventing climate change; and developing countries and emerging markets will face ever-growing debt burdens"
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
After discussing sustainability concerns with a senior Mars executive, Polina was suspended for “unprofessional and inflammatory comments”.
If more people like Polina blow the whistle - and are protected- we can hold these industries accountable.
Proud to stand by her.
If more people like Polina blow the whistle - and are protected- we can hold these industries accountable.
Proud to stand by her.
“I won’t be taking any settlement, & I won’t sign an NDA.”
Proud to support whistleblower Polina Zabrodskaya, former Creative Partner at top ad agency AMV BBDO, who claims she suffered reprisals after speaking out about reports of alarming practices in brands owned by Mars.
youtu.be/Pb6PR-fqIZ8?...
Proud to support whistleblower Polina Zabrodskaya, former Creative Partner at top ad agency AMV BBDO, who claims she suffered reprisals after speaking out about reports of alarming practices in brands owned by Mars.
youtu.be/Pb6PR-fqIZ8?...
Top Ad Agency Faces Landmark Whistleblower Lawsuit Over Greenwashing
YouTube video by Climate Whistleblowers
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
After discussing sustainability concerns with a senior Mars executive, Polina was suspended for “unprofessional and inflammatory comments”.
If more people like Polina blow the whistle - and are protected- we can hold these industries accountable.
Proud to stand by her.
If more people like Polina blow the whistle - and are protected- we can hold these industries accountable.
Proud to stand by her.
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🔦 What did #GreenFakes reveal? Here is a recap of what the stories shed light on.
Read the full articles: lnkd.in/eMKh8Z3E
Read the full articles: lnkd.in/eMKh8Z3E
March 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🔦 What did #GreenFakes reveal? Here is a recap of what the stories shed light on.
Read the full articles: lnkd.in/eMKh8Z3E
Read the full articles: lnkd.in/eMKh8Z3E
The international arbitration system, an already incredibly opaque system used by big money to circumvent legal systems, is now being fueled by Wall Street to screw environmental laws and empty public coffers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The international arbitration system, an already incredibly opaque system used by big money to circumvent legal systems, is now being fueled by Wall Street to screw environmental laws and empty public coffers.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"As corporations pursue similar profit-making strategies, and financialisation and digitisation permeate every enterprise, the economic system loses its diversity and starts to synchronise. As they consolidate... major failures could cascade at astonishing speed."
In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing.
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"As corporations pursue similar profit-making strategies, and financialisation and digitisation permeate every enterprise, the economic system loses its diversity and starts to synchronise. As they consolidate... major failures could cascade at astonishing speed."
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1/ #Nigeria: A new @pplaaf.bsky.social investigation uncovers the family of Sambo Dasuki, former Security Adviser indicted for misappropriating billions, bought a million dollar SC horse farm. The US raised serious questions about the source of the funds. #DasukiGate
Read more: pplaaf.pro/4kbAXY4
Read more: pplaaf.pro/4kbAXY4
Nigeria: Disgraced Security Chief Buys US Horse Farm with Dubious Funds - PPLAAF
Family of Former Official Accused of Embezzling Funds Intended to Fight Boko Haram Tried to Obtain an American Visa Through the Million Dollar Investment Read more
www.pplaaf.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
1/ #Nigeria: A new @pplaaf.bsky.social investigation uncovers the family of Sambo Dasuki, former Security Adviser indicted for misappropriating billions, bought a million dollar SC horse farm. The US raised serious questions about the source of the funds. #DasukiGate
Read more: pplaaf.pro/4kbAXY4
Read more: pplaaf.pro/4kbAXY4
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#GreenFakes
💸 Chanel claims high standards, yet an audit they ordered revealed shocking environmental and safety violations from their Chinese suppliers.
At this price, you’d think responsibility would be mandatory.
💸 Chanel claims high standards, yet an audit they ordered revealed shocking environmental and safety violations from their Chinese suppliers.
At this price, you’d think responsibility would be mandatory.
February 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#GreenFakes
💸 Chanel claims high standards, yet an audit they ordered revealed shocking environmental and safety violations from their Chinese suppliers.
At this price, you’d think responsibility would be mandatory.
💸 Chanel claims high standards, yet an audit they ordered revealed shocking environmental and safety violations from their Chinese suppliers.
At this price, you’d think responsibility would be mandatory.
Today's #GreenFakes investigation focuses on audits of the Singrobo Dam in Ivory Coast, built by construction giant Eiffage.
While the project, backed by the German government and African Development Bank, will lead to displacement of population and mass flooding - its audit is everything but.
While the project, backed by the German government and African Development Bank, will lead to displacement of population and mass flooding - its audit is everything but.
Talk about hypocrisy.
Dam project in Ivory Coast built by Eiffage and funded by international institutions is destroying forests and harming endangered species—despite promises of no biodiversity loss.
Read more: climatewhistleblowers.org/new-global-i...
#GreenFakes
Dam project in Ivory Coast built by Eiffage and funded by international institutions is destroying forests and harming endangered species—despite promises of no biodiversity loss.
Read more: climatewhistleblowers.org/new-global-i...
#GreenFakes
February 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today's #GreenFakes investigation focuses on audits of the Singrobo Dam in Ivory Coast, built by construction giant Eiffage.
While the project, backed by the German government and African Development Bank, will lead to displacement of population and mass flooding - its audit is everything but.
While the project, backed by the German government and African Development Bank, will lead to displacement of population and mass flooding - its audit is everything but.
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Warmly recommend the Continent. Well-designed, engaging, wide in scope, full of cutting, funny commentary in among the snapshot reports. The features cover vital issues like climate change impact. It's also a great counter narrative to western coverage by people keenly aware of the prevailing story.