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Feature: Ghana’s ‘Brain Drain’

Tehmina Qureshi reports on the rise of Ghanaian trained doctors and nurses scattered in the West, and how it can act as an exploitation of a key human health resource in the African nation…

Submitted by Tehmina Qureshi

Stray Bullets - From House Party To House Arrest, A Trident Protest And A BBC Apology

Richard Lemmer’s latest news round-up includes Chinese artist Ai Weiwei being placed under house arrest for failing to cancel a party, a BBC apology for an erroneous report about charity money, and a protest against Trident in Plymouth…

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

CAS Focus: B’Tselem On Guard For Human Rights

Lucy Ireland reports on B’Tselem, a partner organisation working in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory to bring equal rights, dignity and safety to all Palestinians and Israelis…

Submitted by Doppleganger

X Factor Xmas Come Sing-A-Long Fest!

Big Christmas Sing events are held by people all over the UK at home, in school, in the pub and are basically a good sing-a-long to some old and new xmas smashhits; all while raising money to help fight poverty. Amy Hall tells us more...

Submitted by Amy Hall

Feature: Working Together For Change - A Ghana Story

Luke Harman, fresh from his Platform2 volunteering trip to Ghana and now repping for CAS, tells us some anecdotes from his P2 experience and his own perspective on how we can alleviate poverty for our Ghanaian brothers and sisters...

Submitted by bu_harman

Feature: Art And Politics @ The First London Iranian Film Festival

Sofya Shahab looks at art and politics in Iranian film, in the run up to the first London Iranian Film Festival...

Submitted by sjms500

Postcards From The Edge: Panama City - Part 2

As Eva Baker settles into her new home in Panama City, she finds that the social and economic inequalities within Panamanian society are waiting right on her doorstep. In her second 'Postcard from the Edge' Eva takes us on a tour around the slum of 'El Chorrillo'...

Submitted by Eva Baker

Ctrl Meets DJ Sarah Love

Holly Davis chats with DJ Sarah Love, first lady of hip hop, about her fondness for Nelson Mandela, the implausibility of millions of people living on less than $1 a day, and the hip hop artists producing content worth sharing...

Submitted by Holly.Davis

CAS @ Platform2 Poetry Book Launch, Brick Lane

When the Platform2 volunteers returned from their 10 week placements in developing countries around the world, they sure had a lot to say to the people back home about their experiences. At the poetry book launch last night on Brick Lane, CAS was treated to a platter of poetic delights…

Submitted by Eva Baker