Financial tracking service United Nations UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA). maintains a site containing humanitarian contribution data relating to specific crises. It measures aid from from donor governments and recipient agencies as well as information on specific pledges carried in the media, on donor websites, or quoted in pledging conferences. The […]
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Urban Africa RISK website
The Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) website has been launched to provide information and community resources for a three-year programme, funded by the UK Department for International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council, looking at urbanisation and disaster risk reduction in African cities. It has case studies on resilience management. The project is focusing in depth on four […]
Refugees Deeply
Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking. Migrants Files An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations. It aims to offer data driven stories about the migrant crisis in Europe to […]
Cybervault- How is the US government involved in cyberhacking/ defence and war?
National Security Archive based at George Washington University has just launched this new specialist site to reveal and monitor the activities of the US government concerning cyberspace. This includes hacking, monitoring, defence and cyberwarfare. Access the text of several hundred documents, many released through Freedom of Information requests. See the launch blog posting for details […]
Government launches new EU Referendum website
See the new site which has provoked such a controversy. It includes the leaflet recommending remaining in the EU.
African Integrity Indicators Launched
The 2016 indicators have recently been released by Global Integrity. They cover rule of law, accountability, elections, public management, civil service integrity, access to information and openness. It is possible to se country files and view the methodology. Other useful indicators on this topic include: The Ibrahim Index of African Governance which is up to […]
How to end the ‘UK’s role as a safe haven for corrupt individuals, their allies and assets’
A new publication from Transparency International which explores the role of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies and complicity in the Panama Papers affair.
Republican nomination delegate calculator
The New York Times have created a delegate calculator for the battle to be the Republican presidential candidate. The calculator allows you to simulate how the race between Donald Trump and his rivals may unfold.
First Draft News
With the shocking news from Belgium this week, we see the media using eye witness and social media resources. First Draft News is created by a coalition of organisations to offer journalists advice and resources on using and verifying social media and citizen journalism sources.
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