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  1. From the General Assembly to Harlem: Mandela’s Call to Action Endures

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (IPS) - Sixty-seven minutes. That is how long volunteers spent serving lunch to people experiencing food insecurity at Refettorio Harlem in New York City last week – one for every year Nelson Mandela gave to public service.

  2. INTERVIEW: AI Expert Warns of 'Digital Colonization' in Africa

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) - Artificial intelligence (AI) is ripe to help resolve certain major problems in Africa, from farming to the health sector, but Senegalese expert Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is warning of a new “colonization” of the continent by this new technology if foreign companies continue to feed on African data without involving local actors.

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