By CIVICUS
Jan 24 2025 -
CIVICUS speaks with Olivia Sohr about the challenges of disinformation and the consequences of the closure of Meta’s fact-checking programme in the USA. Olivia is the Director of Impact and New [...] Read more »
Report Exposes Silent Global Emergency as More Crises-Affected Children Need Urgent Education Support
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect Asia’s Economies
AI may widen inequality, but [...] Read more »
Should King Baudouin, DRC’s Last Sovereign, Be Beatified?
While the Vatican has launched the process for the beatification of King Baudoin I of Belgium in 2024, opinions remain divided on the need for this decision in the DRC, a country that Belgium colonized for 80 years. The country's Catholic [...] Read more »
Living Conditions in Syria Deteriorate During Transitional Period
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Could Trump Really Blow up the Global Trade System?
By Luke Cooper
LONDON, Jan 23 [...] Read more »
A Dream Deferred: Why Is Traveling Across Africa So Hard for Africans?
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A New Chance to Expand Children’s Access to Education
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Let the Kite Fly High
A robust and [...] Read more »
Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa during World War 1, between 1914-1918 and who have no known graves and because they were Black, they were never remembered in the [...] Read more »
The First Phase of Israel-Palestine Ceasefire Begins
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Rethinking Africa’s Debt: Debunking Myths and Identifying Sustainable Solutions
The 2024 UN OSAA flagship report [...] Read more »
A World Where Rich Get Richer, Poor Get Poorer — and Billionaires Rise
Credit: UN Women
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Food Systems Worsen Diets, Health
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 21 2025 - Corporate-dominated food systems are responsible for widespread but still spreading malnutrition and ill health. Poor diets worsen non-communicable diseases (NCDs), now [...] Read more »
Taliban’s Decrees Worsen Crisis for Afghan Women, Banning All NGO Work
Afghan women and girls now [...] Read more »