Reduced to a marginal oil producer over the past decade, Venezuela has suffered another blow as United States president Donald Trump ordered punitive measures to blockade and further restrict the ...

Movement in Afghanistan continues to fight for women's rights, justice, and freedom, defying Taliban oppression through courageous protests and activism ...

At the heart of many African cultures lies the philosophy of Ubuntu, a term that translates roughly to "I am because we are." It emphasizes interconnectedness and mutual respect, where the welfare of ...

DAKAR, Senegal, Apr 18 2025 (IPS) - In my country, Senegal, almost 70 percent of our land is used to graze livestock. Here and across Africa, pastoralists and livestock keepers sustain herding systems ...

As the G20 Health Working Group convened in KwaZulu-Natal under South Africa’s presidency earlier this year, a central question echoed across plenaries: How can we accelerate universal health coverage ...

The US State Department, in a wide-ranging political re-structuring of its policies, will eliminate 132 domestic offices, lay ...

While the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 lasted less than 30 minutes, its effects will be felt for years to come as tourist fled the region.

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to finance a better future for all. Yet, in ...

In much of the past, few people lived alone. At the start of the 20th century, one-person households were relatively rare and are estimated to have accounted for less than 10% of all households ...

CIVICUS discusses Ecuador’s presidential election with Jorge Tapia de los Reyes, Coordinator of the Democracy and Politics Department and the Political Funding Observatory of the Citizenship and ...

As gang violence in Haiti continues to target civilians and critical infrastructures, humanitarian organizations and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have found it increasingly difficult to manage ...

UN chief António Guterres and President Lula da Silva of Brazil held a closed-door meeting with heads of state to discuss reaffirming the Paris Agreement.