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Photo of Harinjaka Andriankoto Ratozamanana. Used with permission. On April 1, 2024, an internet price hike saw internet access become a rare commodity in Madagascar. Although internet services are a vital resource in this digital era, they have become a luxury for the select few who can afford them in this country. Global Voices interviewed Harinjaka Andriankoto Ratozamanana, a researcher at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy, to better understand the current situation and disruption in this country’s digital environment. Jean Sovon (JS): The Malagasy digital environment is in ...
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By Saksorn Nenlert พรีเมียร์ลีก 2023/24 จบลงอย่างสมบูรณ์แล้วเมื่อคืนวันอาทิตย์ที่ 19 พฤษภาคมที่ผ่านมา ซึ่งก็ต้องขอแสดงความยินดีกับแฟน แมนเชสเตอร์ ซิตี้ กับการคว้าแชมป์อย่างยิ่งใหญ่พร้อมสถิติใหม่ 4 สมัยติดต่อกันเป็นหนแรกของลีกสูงสุดเมืองผู้ดี ขณะเดียวกันก็ต้องขอแสดงความเสียใจกับแฟนบอล อาร์เซนอล ที่สุดท้ายไปไม่ถึงฝั่งฝันจอดป้ายได้แค่อันดับ 2 ทั้งที่พวกเขามีแต้มน้อยกว่าทีมยุคแชมป์ไร้พ่ายเพียง 1 คะแนนเท่านั้น เช่นเดียวกับแฟน ลิเวอร์พูล ที่ดูเหมือนว่าการพลาดแชมป์จะเรียกน้ำตาได้ไม่เท่างานอำลาอดีตนายใหญ่อย่าง เยอร์เก้น คล็อปป์ ที่จัดขึ้นที่ แอนฟิลด์ หลังจบเกมเปิดบ้านเอาชนะ วูล์ฟแฮมป์ตัน 2-0 สรุปตาราง...
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Global Voices photomontage. Photo by Jose R. Zamora in Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0 DEED) This story was written by Simón Antonio Ramón in Prensa Comunitaria on May 14, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media agreement. The Board of Trustees of the foundation created by the late journalist, writer and Nobel prize winner, Gabriel García Márquez, awarded the Gabo 2024 Awards for Excellence in Journalism to Guatemalan journalist Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The 13 journalists, writers and scholars on the Gabo Foundation's Board recognized Zamora as “the paradigm of a...
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Show & Prove: That Mexican OTWords: Kyle EusticeEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Continuing in the tradition of UGK, Paul Wall and Slim Thug, That Mexican OT, which stands for Outta Texas, is continuing to carry rap’s torch for the Lone Star State. He brings his signature brand of southern-dipped, tongue-twisting rhymes to the masses while rocking his hallmark cowboy hat, boots and a diamond grill. Last May, a snippet of his song, “Johnny Dang” featuring Paul Wall and DRODi, went viral on TikTok and quickly became a hit. The track peake...
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A Parisian metro station. Photograph used with the permission of its author, Kelvik Pineda. Whether forced or not, there is no denying that migration causes different types of ailments not only for migrating people but also for the families, friends, and various personal connections they leave behind. Many of us know how, or rather, learn how to cope with its multiple burdens. Otherwise, our circumstances force us to prioritize survival over emotions. However, sooner or later, bouts of homesickness often overwhelm migrants to varying degrees. These feelings stem from dates that take us back, t...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now The rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake is officially over. At least that’s what Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith says. K-Dot was once signed to the label. Everyone was waiting to see if Kenny would fire back at Drizzy after the Toronto MC unleashed “The Heart Part 6″ last weekend, but looks like that’s where this feud ends. Drake has even seemed to acknowledge the fight is finished with an Instagram Story post in the early morning of May 12. “Good times. Summer vibes up next,” he wrote, along with a painting of one warrior battling thousands...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now VonOff1700 is quickly standing out among an up-and-coming generation of Chicago rappers. While Von and his music are certainly influenced by Chi-Town’s signature drill sound, the 21-year-old spitter prefers not to be pigeon-holed into one subgenre. His tough-talking street raps are complemented by warm, bass-heavy 808s that tend to be uptempo and hype. Standout singles like “Opps On Deck” and “Free Brick (Freestyle)” have amassed millions of streams across platforms like Spotify, YouTube and TikTok. In the two weeks since he dropped his debut mixtape #FreeMyHoodF**kYoHoo...
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Civilians help with rescues in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in the floods that hit the state. Photo by Alex Rocha/PMPA, used with permission Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil, is going through the worst climate disaster in its history. From April 28 onward, a major part of its territory, about the size of the United Kingdom, has been submerged underwater. The heavy rains soon transformed into violent floods, impacting over 1.4 million people, with at least 100 people confirmed dead, according to reports published May 8. Entering its sixth day of flooding, the state capita...
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Screen shot of the Global Coalition for Language Rights website. While over7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, about half are under threat of extinction or severely endangered, as power relations among languages are far from equal. Many languages require their users to actively work to pass it on to the next generation, the only guarantee they can survive in the future. To highlight some of those preservation and revitalization initiatives, Global Voices talked to Gerald Roche, an Associate Professor of Politics at La Trobe University in Australia, who is not only a Tibet expert, but also an...
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Displaced persons at the Darfur border in Sudan. Screenshot from theFrance24 YouTube Channel For the victims of Sudan’s civil war, a humanitarian crisis and human rights violations have become part of their everyday lives. In the Republic of Sudan, there is an ongoing civil war between two opposing military factions: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (FSR) under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti. This war stems from the country’s dark past and chaotic governance under former president Omar al-Bashir from 1989 to ...
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