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South African Highschool Girls Design Africa’s First Private Satellite
The people behind Africa’s first private satellite are probably not who you would expect. A group of teenage girls from Cape Town have designed and built a satellite that will collect information on agriculture and food security across the continent. A team of 14 girls worked as part of a project by South Africa’s…
Last Mile Health
Last Mile Health is a charitable organization that saves lives in the most remote villages in Liberia. This organization recruits, trains, equips, supervises, and pays community health workers to deliver quality health care directly to the doorsteps of people living in these remote regions. According to Last Mile Health’s mission, all community health workers…
Halima Aden Makes History in the Miss Minnesota Pageant
A young Somali woman in Minnesota is making history. Halima Aden is a Muslim-American who recently competed in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, wearing a hijab throughout the competition. Aden is a 19 years old Somali-American born in a Kenyan refugee camp. She moved to the St. Cloud area of Minnesota, a destination for many…
German Interior Ministry Recommends Stopping African Migrants at Sea
1.1. million immigrants arrived in Germany in 2015, according to its Federal Statistics Office — the highest number of new arrivals in a single year. Even though the government has welcomed many migrants crossing the German border over the past couple of years, the country is now in the process of deciding whether ships…
