Credit: Sergey Bobylev/RIA Novosti/Anadolu via Getty Images Opinion by Inés M. Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, November 27, 2025 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, November 27 (IPS) – Three years ago, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso with two promises that have proved hollow: to address the country’s deepening security …
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How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders — Global Issues
Family agriculture and land defenders in Colombia. Credit: Both Nomads/Forus Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini and Lucia Torres (Forus) and Jake Wieczorek (Hivos) (belÉm, brazil) Monday, November 10, 2025 Inter Press Service BELÉM, Brazil, November 10 (IPS) – As the world prepares for the next COP30 summit, a quieter battle is raging …
Firefighters battle flames after Russian missile strike hits Kyiv | VOA News #shorts
Firefighters in Kyiv put out several fires that broke out Wednesday after a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital. source
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Why are Pakistanis risking their lives to get to Europe? | VOA News #shorts
At least 16 Pakistanis died in a migrant boat accident off the coast of Libya, this week while at least 43 died last month. VOA’s … source
Tanzania’s Post-Election Turmoil Deepens Economic and Social Woes — Global Issues
A portrait of President Samia Hassan hangs on a pole as thick smoke from burning tires fills the air during protests over her disputed candidacy in Dar es Salaam. Credit: Zuberi Mussa/IPS by Kizito Makoye (dar es salaam, tanzania) Wednesday, November 05, 2025 Inter Press Service DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, November …
Defending Democracy in a “Topsy-Turvy” World — Global Issues
Secretary General of CIVICUS, Mandeep Tiwana, at International Civil Society Week 2025. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (bangkok) Saturday, November 01, 2025 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, November 1 (IPS) – It is a bleak global moment—with civil society actors battling assassinations, imprisonment, fabricated charges, and funding cuts to pro-democracy movements …
As Civil Society Is Silenced, Corruption and Inequality Rise — Global Issues
Mandeep Tiwana, Secretary General, CIVICUS Global Alliance. Credit: CIVICUS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo & bangkok) Friday, October 31, 2025 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO & BANGKOK, October 31 (IPS) – From the streets of Bangkok to power corridors in Washington, the civil society space for dissent is fast shrinking. Authoritarian regimes are …
‘Turkmen Authorities Are Carrying out a Systematic Campaign to Eliminate Independent Voices’ — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Friday, October 24, 2025 Inter Press Service CIVICUS speaks about the disappearance of Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher Sahatov with human rights defender Diana Dadasheva from the civil movement DAYANÇ/Turkmenistan and with Gülala Hasanova, wife of Alisher Sahatov. On 24 July, Turkmen activists Abdulla Orusov and Alisher …
India’s Modi arrives in Washington for talks with Trump | VOA News
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday landed in Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. source
Belarus Prisoner Release a Diversion, Say Rights Activists — Global Issues
Headlines reflecting the release of Belarussian political prisoners. Graphic: IPS by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, October 07, 2025 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, October 7 (IPS) – As Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko continues to pardon political prisoners in an apparently increasingly successful attempt to improve diplomatic relations with the US, rights groups …
‘The Government Was Corrupt and Willing to Kill Its Own People to Stay in Power’ — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Tuesday, October 07, 2025 Inter Press Service CIVICUS discusses recent protests that led to a change of government in Nepal with Dikpal Khatri Chhetri, co-founder of Youth in Federal Discourse (YFD). YFD is a youth-led organisation that advocates for democracy, civic engagement and young people’s empowerment. Dikpal Khatri …
Five Years of Deepening Authoritarianism — Global Issues
Credit: Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via Reuters Opinion by Inés M. Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, October 03, 2025 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, October 3 (IPS) – When Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood trial in Bamako’s cybercrime court on 29 September, charged with undermining state authority for expressing solidarity with political …
Lies Spread Faster Than Facts — Global Issues
by Ben Malor (new york) Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, September 30 (IPS) – DANGER – WARNING – ALARM: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa is warning that lies are being weaponized deliberately to manipulate people around the world. Big, profit-oriented, and technology-enabled companies are now disregarding …
‘The North Korean human rights movement is facing its greatest crisis since it began in the 1990s’ — Global Issues
by CIVICUS Monday, September 29, 2025 Inter Press Service CIVICUS discusses North Korea’s closed civic space with Hanna Song, Executive Director of the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB). Based in Seoul, South Korea, NKDB documents systematic human rights violations in North Korea through testimonies from escapees, and …
The Case of Charlie Kirk — Global Issues
Charlie Weimers with EU flag and the Sweden Democrat’s party symbol, a bluebell. by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Friday, September 19, 2025 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 19 (IPS) – On September 11, Charlie Weimers, a Swedish Member of the European Parliament and active within the European Conservatives and Reformists …
India’s Modi arrives in Washington for talks with Trump | VOA News #shorts
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday landed in Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. source
Thousands of protesters clash with police in Belgium | VOA News
Thousands of Belgians took to the streets Thursday to protest the new government’s planned pension reforms on the first day of a … source
India’s Modi arrives at the White House | VOA News #shorts
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump. source
South Korea‘s Democracy Renewed — Global Issues
Credit: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, June 20, 2025 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 20 (IPS) – On a resounding 79.4 per cent turnout, South Korean voters have delivered a clear mandate for change. Lee Jae-myung of the centrist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) decisively …
Bukeles Authoritarianism Goes Global — Global Issues
Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, June 16, 2025 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 16 (IPS) – At a White House meeting, presidents Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump exchanged praises and joked about mass incarceration while discussing an unprecedented agreement: the USA …
