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A Collaborative Project Maps the World’s Vulnerable Communities Before Disaster Strikes · Global Voices

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When disaster strikes, being able to count on accurate information can mean a world of difference for first response teams. Knowing where people live, the best ways to get in and out, as well as locations of water and other basic necessities are all of great importance to those working to save lives.

Unfortunately, vulnerable people especially those living in rural communities are more likely to live in areas not properly mapped.

#cartographie #cartographie_participative #cartographie_collective
#contre_cartographie #sierra_leone #guinée #liberia #afrique_de_l_ouest #afrique_ouest

Sri Lanka’s Tragic and Totally Avoidable Disaster · Global Voices
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The death toll from last Friday’s collapse of the Meethotamulla garbage dump in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo rose to 28 people this Monday. Rescue workers say another 30 people are still trapped under the mud and debris, though hopes are fading that any of these individuals will be found alive. The garbage collapse buried roughly 145 houses in the Colombo slum.

#sri_lanka #déchets #accident #décharges #poubelles #waste

Kazakhstan’s Great Alphabetical Distraction · Global Voices
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As Kazakhstan’s 76-year-old authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev battles with his own mortality and a pronounced economic slowdown, he has become increasingly fond of making grand announcements and issuing legacy-shaping decrees.

This was evident most recently on April 12, when he ordered authorities to begin preparing for the switch from the Cyrillic alphabet to a Latin based script. The switch will begin by the year’s end and should be finalised by 2025.

#Kazakhstan #langue #alphabet

31 Years Later, the Lights Come Back on in Chernobyl · Global Voices
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On April 26, 1986, a nuclear meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine caused radioactive material to be spewed into the atmosphere, exposing hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of people in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe to extremely high doses of radiation.

The effects of the nuclear fallout are still being felt: more than 500,000 people in Belarus, the country most affected by the disaster, have thyroid problems stemming from Chernobyl radiation, and more than 2 million people live in areas of the country that put them at high risk of contamination.

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#nucléaire #ukraine #tchernobyl #lumière

Indian Government Bans 22 Social Media Platforms in Kashmir including Facebook, WhatsApp · Global Voices

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Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have blocked 22 social media applications including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter.

An official state circular issued on Wednesday, April 26 and obtained by Global Voices said the social media services were “being misused by anti-national and anti-social elements” in the Valley to disturb “peace and tranquility” and could be blocked for up to 30 days. An excerpt reads:

#internet #inde #cachemire #censure #pakistan

The Other Face of the Mountain: Afghanistan’s ‘Ski Challenge’ · Global Voices

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Afghanistan’s jagged, sky-scraping mountain ranges have over centuries been its best defence against foreign invasions, but there are other ways they can be put to use for the country.

Since 2011, the annual Afghan Ski Challenge has run from February through March in the Koh-i-Baba mountains, not far from where the Taliban infamously bombed giant Buddha rock carvings in the country’s central Bamyan province.

#afghanistan #ski #sports_d_hiver

‘Children Were Dying Everywhere’: A Syrian Videographer Recounts the Al Rashideen Explosion That Killed Over 100 · Global Voices
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On April 15 at approximately 15:30 local time, a huge blast hit a convoy of coaches in Syria’s rebel-held Al Rashideen that were carrying evacuees from the besieged regime-held towns of Fua and Kefraya.

A suicide bomber driving a (reportedly blue) van supposedly carrying aid supplies blew himself up near the convoy, according to a number of reports. Over 100 people were killed in the massacre, according to the White Helmets, the civil defense group operating in rebel-held areas

#syrie #massacre #enfants #enfance