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Duncan Hooper has led news teams at Euronews, Microsoft, CGTN and the UK's Telegraph. While his experience covers broadcast television, newspapers, magazines and newswires, his passion is for digital storytelling. He closely follows tech trends and is a respected speaker on the intersection between technology and the media. Duncan has been involved in the Global South World project since day 1 because he passionately believes in the importance of making reliable information available to all the world - especially those vibrant, rapidly-growing peoples and countries that are typically relegated to footnotes in English-language international publications.
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One of the defining moments in sport ever now belongs to Africa
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Epstein coordinated campaign to free corrupt son of Senegal's president, files seen by Global South World show
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Why Pakistan's JF-17 fighter is the hottest piece of military kit right now
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Somaliland: the world's 'newest country' is already the centre of global diplomatic machinations - World Reframed 26
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