Category: Global

Sudan civilians trapped by fear, disappearance and detention: rights experts

As Sudan’s conflict enters a fourth year, civilians are increasingly trapped not only by frontline violence but by fear, disappearance…

Ukraine: Latest Russian attack kills civilians, damages cultural landmark

Several civilians were killed and dozens more were injured in the latest wave of overnight attacks in Ukraine that targeted…

Refugee turned peacemaker: The young woman leader transforming communities in the Central African Republic

In the heart of the Central African Republic (CAR), a nation long marked by conflict, Nina Mireille Yankinon stands as…

Instability, war and closed borders: How aid workers get emergency food to hungry Afghan children

The odyssey begins in Indonesia and ends, 15,000 kilometres later, in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Along the way, critical…

Health Emerges as a Strategic Frontline for Africa Ahead of Bonn Climate Conference

Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it faces some of the world’s most severe climate-related health…

Africa Needs a Radical Plan to Tackle 15M Youth Job Crisis

ADDIS ABABA, June 12 (IPS) – Africa has no problem with ideas, but the struggle is in how to implement…

BOTSWANA: ‘Court Rulings Matter, but It’s Sustained Civic Action That Turns Them into Real Protection’

CIVICUS discusses Botswana’s decriminalisation of same-sex relations with Faith Gunda, a Botswana-based law student and human rights defender, a member…

Ocean Economy Reaches $2.5 Trillion as Services Become the Largest Share of Ocean Trade

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (IPS) – The global ocean economy continues its expansion, with ocean-related trade reaching USD 2.5 trillion…

Africa Pushes for Data Sovereignty and Digital Independence

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (IPS) – African leaders are sharpening their focus on digital sovereignty, warning that the continent’s economic…

Ukraine civilian casualty toll in May highest in four years, UN monitors say

More civilians were killed and injured in Ukraine in May than in any other month in the past four years,…