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A year ago the BBC launched a Pidgin language service. The initiative has been a huge success. In Nigeria alone between 3 to 5 million people use Pidgin – a mix of English and local languages – as their first language, while a further 75 million have it as their second. Edosa James Edionhan argues that it’s time various Pidgins were given official status across West Africa.
Was some of the devastation caused by floods in India’s Kerala avoidable? Harini Nagendra looks at how development has been pursued at the expense of critical water bodies which, in turn, has led to the destruction of infrastructure such as roads. Looking at cities like Seoul and Nairobi, she explains how cities should be built more environmentally friendly.
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Home page of the BBC News Pidgin website.
BBC News Pidgin
Edosa James Edionhon, University of Benin
West African pidgins are unique, showing that they have come to stay no matter what some say or feel about them.
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Residents of Pandanad sit in a bus stop surrounded by flood waters, in Kerala, India.
Manjunath Kiran/AFP
Harini Nagendra, Azim Premji University
Uncontrolled growth at the expense of the environment will severely exacerbate the impacts of climate change. As shown with tragic floods in India, our cities are not prepared for extreme events.
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Science + Technology
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Paul Reilly, University of Sheffield; Ioanna Tantanasi, University of Sheffield
Warning Syrians of approaching airstrikes via social media is helping save lives.
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Michelle Langley, Griffith University
Ancient DNA in a 50,000+ year old bone tells us that two species of early humans did produce offspring together.
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Health + Medicine
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Shane C Quinonez, University of Michigan
There is a need for genetic services in low and middle-income countries.
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Business + Economy
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Jovana Stanisljevic, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
The future of chocolate is in question as producers face challenges to keep up with new threats as well as rising demand from new consumer markets.
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Politics + Society
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Dio Ashar Wicaksana, Universitas Indonesia
The government needs to revisit its punitive approach to drug users and stop sending them to prison to avoid overcrowding.
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