International Relations

Is Ghana the Model the Developing World Needs Against the Virus?

https://www.ozy.com/around-the-world/ghana-model-developing-countries-coronavirus-pandemic/321842?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Eromo Egbejule

OZY

12 May 2020

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Faced with limited resources and the pressure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Ghana implemented a variety of measures during the early stages of the pandemic. Those measures, which include pool testing and drone deliveries to rural areas, may prove to be successful after the country reported "a fatality rate of 0.7 percent per 1 million population." Can other African countries and beyond learn from Ghana's example?

Meet the Women Who Detonate Land Mines in Colombia's Former War Zones

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/women-detonate-land-mines-in-colombia?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Megan Janetsky

Teen Vogue

24 April 2020

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In Colombia, the organization Humanity & Inclusion has hired women in local areas like Caquetá to help demine formerly war-torn lands. In areas with violent histories, trust is crucial, thus the hiring of local residents who can gain community trust and access more information about where landmines might be. But with the risk of instability, the future of this work has yet to be determined.

Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/europe/coronavirus-science-research-cooperation.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Matt Apuzzo

David D. Kirkpatrick

The New York Times

1 April 2020

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While most other scientific research around the world has come to a halt, coronavirus research is flourishing as a global collaboration of scientists focuses on understanding the virus and finding a vaccine. Competition among scientists and countries is still fervent, but information is being shared across labs and borders more urgently and quickly than before.

Illegal Fishing You Can See from Space

http://reasonstobecheerful.world/illegal-fishing-global-fishing-watch?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Will Doig

Reasons to be Cheerful

21 February 2020

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A space-based initiative called Global Fishing Watch is using satellite imagery and data to hold companies accountable to their promise of providing sustainable sourced seafood. While the volume of data and cost of obtaining it can be a challenge, the organization has partnered with key collaborators to help with the effort. Countries like Indonesia and Panama are working with them to stop illegal fishing.

Young Somalis Step In Where Government Fails

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/world/africa/somalia-.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Abdi Latif Dahir

The New York Times

16 February 2020

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After three decades of war and famine, Somalia's capacity to respond to emergencies and rebuild its country has been significantly diminished. To pick up the slack, young Somalis, many of whom have returned home from abroad, are stepping in to volunteer their services, from rehabilitating child soldiers, sparking tourism, addressing humanitarian crises, and even organizing book fairs.

How water is helping to end 'the first climate change war'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/18/how-water-is-helping-to-end-the-first-climate-change-war?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Damian Carrington

The Guardian

18 December 2019

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Cooperation and collective action work not only to mitigate the effects of climate change, they can also build bridges to peace. In El Fasher, Sudan, farmers and pastoralists along the Wadi El Ku River have come together to prevent water shortages by building weirs. The community built weirs enable the land to retain more water, and have led to increased cooperation among groups that had former resorted to conflict over scarce water resources in the region.