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French start-up offers ‘dark web’ compass, but not for everyone

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Dec 2018

Over the past five years, Aleph has indexed 1.4 billion links and 450 million documents across some 140 000 dark websites

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Paris Attacks: Social media a measure of solidarity

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 Nov 2015

Many complain of Western bias, but others say citizens in countries like Nigeria should take responsibility for drawing the world’s attention.

Radicalisation is not measurable or predictable

Article Jason Burke - 19 Nov 2015

The Paris attackers were known fanatics who evaded police surveillance.

Editor behind Denmark’s Mohammed cartoons steps down

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Nov 2015

The Danish editor who commissioned the Mohammed cartoons that triggered deadly protests a decade ago says he's leaving the Jyllands-Posten newspaper.

Beware of bigotry veiled as satire

Article Kagure Mugo - 22 Jan 2015

'Charlie' represents a hierarchy of Western ideals to which not everyone subscribes.

Africa lacks vision in fight against terror

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 16 Jan 2015

The continent's leaders have not shown enough commitment to combating the scourge.

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The grim genesis of the Charlie attacks

Article Ghaleb Cachalia - 15 Jan 2015

Ending economic and political alienation can bring enlightenment to disaffected Muslims.

No, Charlie, free speech has its limits

Article Saber Jazbhay - 15 Jan 2015

Extremists – aka cartoonists – poured gunpowder over a simmering racist fire.

Charlie Hebdo sticks to its pencils

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jan 2015

The magazine has shown in its defiant "survivor" edition that it remains unbowed, printing five million copies despite a readership of just 60 000.

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Charlie Hebdo survivor: ‘I didn’t want to stare death in the face’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jan 2015

Sigolène Vinson survived the attack on the magazine and has given a chilling account of how one of the terrorist gunmen spared her life.

Editorial: Bring back our courage

Article Editorial - 15 Jan 2015

We saw that African lives were less important than those of Europeans. Yet what have we done as Africans for the world to see that we value our own?

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Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for ‘Charlie Hebdo’ attack

Article Reuters & Staff Reporter - 14 Jan 2015

The terrorist organisation says it was responsible for the attack that saw 17 people killed, as the latest edition of the satirical weekly sold out.

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Intolerance and fundamentalism are the real enemies

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Jan 2015

The Charlie Hebdo attack was a result of our unwillingness and inability to understand and appreciate the beliefs of others, writes Alleyn Diesel.

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Prophet Muhammad claims he is Charlie on front page

Article Leigh Thomas - 13 Jan 2015

'Charlie Hebdo' is to release its latest edition with a cartoon depicting the Islamic prophet holding a placard saying "Je suis Charlie".

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West facing ‘payback’ for colonialism – China paper

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2015

A Chinese state-owned newspaper says the West is facing the consequences for slavery and colonialism, following the attack on "Charlie Hebdo".

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