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Health Emerges as a Strategic Frontline for Africa Ahead of Bonn Climate Conference
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Africa Needs a Radical Plan to Tackle 15M Youth Job Crisis
Africa has no problem with ideas, but the struggle is in how to implement them, leaders said at an inaugural forum convened to promote action on development. Addressing the inaugural Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF), Economic Commission [...] Read more »
BOTSWANA: ‘Court Rulings Matter, but It’s Sustained Civic Action That Turns Them into Real Protection’
By CIVICUS
Jun 12 2026 -
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 [...] Read more »
Ocean Economy Reaches $2.5 Trillion as Services Become the Largest Share of Ocean Trade
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Africa Pushes for Data Sovereignty and Digital Independence
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Papua New Guinea Bets on Indigenous Communities to Protect 700,000 Hectares of Highlands
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The World Cup of Human Rights
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Fossil Fuel Wealth Fails to Deliver Development in Africa – Report
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In Afghanistan, Female Journalists Can Neither Ask Questions Nor Appear on Screen
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Central Asia Bets on a New Water–Land Pact to Survive Environmental Degradation
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UN Urgently Calls for Increased Aid in Yemen Following IPC Warnings of Food Insecurity
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India: How a Tool Bank Beats Poverty in Rural Maharashtra
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Violence, Climate Shocks, and Hunger Push The Sahel To The Brink of Collapse
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Trump Administration Weaponises Sanctions Against Human Rights
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