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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Adesewa Olofinko |Subhashish Panigrahi |Kanav Narayan Sahgal
Since February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU) has had a new chairperson of the AU Commission, Mahmoud (sometimes spelled Mahamoud) Ali Youssouf. Given this continent’s considerable tensions and armed conflicts, the task ahead will be no mean feat. The AU Commission is the secretariat overseeing the daily running of this institution of 55 countries and over 1.5 billion citizens.
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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Subhashish Panigrahi |Adesewa Olofinko |Giovana Fleck |Tirso Sitoe
On March 6, 2025, Sudan initiated legal proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing the UAE of breaching the Genocide Convention by supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group implicated in atrocities against the Masalit people in Sudan's West Darfur region. The UAE has denied the accusations. The allegations against the UAE are not isolated.
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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Subhashish Panigrahi |Adesewa Olofinko |Giovana Fleck |Tirso Sitoe
This series will highlight the personal journeys of language activists who are also Wikimedians, exploring how they are preserving, promoting, and revitalizing their languages through Wikimedia projects, using digital tools to support their broader goals. In this article, Subhashish Panigrahi interviews Ghanaian educator Musah Fuseini who contributes to the Dagbani-language Wikipedia. Dagbani is spoken by over a million speakers in Ghana and Northern Togo.
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Aug 5, 2023 | 
es.globalvoices.org | Subhashish Panigrahi
El artículo destaca hallazgos de un estudio que combinó investigación, encuestas y entrevistas de personas mencionadas en el artículo. Según un estudio de 2021-2022, numerosos creadores de contenidos en lenguas ho y santalí de India contribuyen difundir estas dos lenguas en el país con contenidos de video, audio y texto en línea, a pesar de las dificultades para monetizar sus creaciones y de la falta de uso generalizado de escrituras nativas.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
tolerance.ca | Subhashish Panigrahi
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
scribd.com | Subhashish Panigrahi
Originally published on Global Voices This article highlights findings from a study that involved desk research, surveys and interviews of people mentioned in the article. As found in a 2021–2022 study, numerous Ho and Santali-language content creators from India are helping the spread of these two languages among the diaspora by creating video, audio and text content online, despite hardship with monetizing their creations and the lack of widespread use of the native scripts.
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Apr 5, 2023 | 
interactions.acm.org | Subhashish Panigrahi |Jonathan Grudin |Deborah Tatar |Aaron J. Marcus
Authors:Subhashish PanigrahiPosted: Wed, April 05, 2023 - 9:23:00There has been a tremendous push on many levels to make artificial intelligence– and machine learning–based applications ubiquitous. Soon, the life decisions of almost every digital technology user will be affected by some form of algorithmic decision making.
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Mar 12, 2023 | 
tolerance.ca | Subhashish Panigrahi
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Mar 12, 2023 | 
globalvoices.org | Subhashish Panigrahi
Noted Bangladeshi photojournalist, activist and writer Shahidul Alam started documenting the post-liberation political landscape of Bangladesh in the 1980s, only to find himself as an activist in a social justice movement that would eventually end the nine-year dictatorship of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Even without actively joining the political scene, he has built a media ecosystem that continually holds the polity accountable.
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Mar 12, 2023 | 
scribd.com | Subhashish Panigrahi
Originally published on Global Voices Noted Bangladeshi photojournalist, activist and writer Shahidul Alam started documenting the post-liberation political landscape of Bangladesh in the 1980s, only to find himself as an activist in a social justice movement that would eventually end the nine-year dictatorship of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Even without actively joining the political scene, he has built a media ecosystem that continually holds the polity accountable.
