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From the General Assembly to Harlem: Mandela’s call to action endures
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (504+ words) Sixty-seven minutes. That is how long volunteers spent serving lunch to people experiencing food insecurity at Refettorio Harlem in New York City last week – one for every year Nelson Mandela gave to public service. Diplomats stood alongside city officials and…...
Srebrenica survivors warn of genocide denial while safeguarding memory of the dead
1+ week, 5+ day ago (568+ words) Three survivors of a genocide which took place in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995 have told UN News how they are keeping alive the memory of the more than 8,300 men and boys who were killed in the town…...
Respect Strength, Question Power: Reflections from the 2026 Digital Rights Asia-Pacific Assembly
2+ week, 4+ day ago (768+ words) “To respect strength, never power” is one of my favorite quotes from the acclaimed writer and activist, Arundhati Roy. For years, this quote has stayed with me. It encourages a way of life grounded in compassion rather than dominance. But…...
Should BRICS+ Lead the Global South? — Global Issues
3+ week, 4+ day ago (783+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 26 (IPS) - Leadership of the Global South has gradually declined since the 1980s. Many hope BRICS+ will fill the vacuum, but its purpose and membership suggest such hopes may be misplaced. A repurposed Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) offers the…...
BOTSWANA: ‘Court Rulings Matter, but It’s Sustained Civic Action That Turns Them into Real Protection’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (490+ words) CIVICUS discusses Botswana’s decriminalisation of same-sex relations with Faith Gunda, a Botswana-based law student and human rights defender, a member of the CIVICUS Protest Lab and co-founder of Sisterhood Chain International, a solidarity initiative that supports grassroots groups and amplifies…...
Field-Based Research Is a Lifeline for Zimbabwe’s Food Security
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (667+ words) BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 15 (IPS) - Agriculture sustains millions of people in Zimbabwe, serving as a vital source of both food and income. But climate-related pressures affecting land, crops, rainfall patterns, and increasing pest outbreaks are threatening smallholder farmers’ harvests, leaving them…...
African Countries Up Efforts to Tax High-Income Individuals â Global Issues
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (881+ words) BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 4 (IPS) - African countries are exploring ways to tax high-earning individuals as the continent seeks to expand its revenue collection amid what experts say is a growing gulf between rich and poor. The numbers are staggering. According to…...
Global Shipping Reforms Cast Shadow Over Tanzania’s Fishing Communities
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (943+ words) DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, April 21 (IPS) - At dawn, as the sun rises across the Indian Ocean, Venance Shayo perches on the edge of his boat, hauling in a net. The sea gently ripples under the breeze and the sound of…...
Africa: Nearly 20 million measles deaths averted since 2000
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (532+ words) Measles vaccinations have saved nearly 20 million lives in Africa since the year 2000 and more than 500 million children were protected through routine immunisation, but the continent remains offtrack in the fight against vaccine-preventable diseases. The findings come in the first-ever detailed…...
UNECA Warns Africa Risks Remaining Uncompetitive, Urges AI Adoption
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (728+ words) TANGIER, Morocco, April 1 (IPS) - Africa must move swiftly to harness data and frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive its economic growth and make the continent globally competitive in the digital economy, a senior official at the United…...