Africa

These young Africans are translating content into local languages to fight the pandemic

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Projects are underway to ensure critical online information is available in more languages. Image: Unsplash/Joshua Woroniecki

Kim Harrisberg
Water Rights Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Kristi Eaton
Journalist, Freelance
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Participants at an AfroCuration workshop with AfroPunk and Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2019. Image: Handout via Bubble Gum Club
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Perrymason Adams edits a WikiAfrica article with the help of his mother Jane in Pretoria, South Africa. Image: Handout via Bulelwa Dyasi
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