• Energy is a Catalyst for Peace Between Israel and Gaza
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    NEW YORK, Mar 12 (IPS) - David L. Phillips is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University’s Centre for European Studies.Israel’s decision to suspend electricity supplies to Gaza has...
  • UN Chief Launches New Initiative as World Faces Growing Challenges
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) - Antonio Guterres is the Secretary-General of the United NationsAs we mark the 80th anniversary of the United Nations this year, our world is facing challenges on every front. These trials and tests affect...
  • Gaza Counts Costs of Catastrophic Impacts of Israeli Bombardment on Healthcare
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) - With enough steel and concrete, the hospitals that have been smashed to bits in Gaza can be rebuilt. But a construction plan paired with an army of bulldozers will not be enough to reconstruct the entirety...
  • Take Action Toolkit: How to Call Your Member of Congress (and Why It Matters)
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Feeling overwhelmed with what’s going on in the world? We get it — but we also know that inaction is the only way to guarantee that nothing changes. That’s why we want to provide you with some quick, effective ways for you to take...
  • Afghanistan: Opium prices approach historic peaks, crime syndicates benefit
    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following their takeover in Kabul, latest UN data shows. Read the full story, “Afghanistan: Opium prices approach historic...
  • The US is Set to Withdraw from the World Health Organization. How Will This Impact the Future of Global Health?
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Keeping up with the stream of executive orders signed off by the new US administration is like trying to drink from a firehose. But amid all the noise is one decision with profound global consequences: the United States' intent to...
  • Women in the World: Making the Invisible Visible with Crowdsourced Data
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    ASUNCIÓN, Mar 11 (IPS) - Despite a push in the past ten years for more female representation and #MeToo movements highlighting the abuse that women have faced for centuries, women’s struggles continue to remain invisible—dismissed,...
  • Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan Documentary Showcases Urgent Need for Nuclear Abolition
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (IPS) - The documentary I Want to Live On: The Untold Stories of the Polygon exposes the lifelong impacts of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan’s Semey region. Read the full story, “Nuclear Testing in Kazakhstan...
  • Agriculture for Economic Resilience During Political and Financial Crisis - The Case of Bangladesh
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 11 (IPS) - The recent student movement in Bangladesh demanding reform of the quota system for public jobs led a ‘march of the people’ towards the official Residence of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 5th of...
  • Green Kigali: Sustainable Travel in Rwanda’s Eco-Friendly Capital
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Citizen
    It's been two weeks since we were in Kigali with John Legend on the Move Afrika stage, and the city's charm continues to shine. For eco-conscious travelers looking for a rare blend of modernity and sustainability, Kigali is the ultimate...
  • The G20: How it Works, Why it Matters and What Would be Lost if it Failed
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar 11 (IPS) - Prof Daniel D. Bradlow is Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria.South Africa took over the presidency of the G20 at the end of 2024 ....
  • Ukrainians Stress That a Peace Agreement Must Include Justice
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    LONDON, Mar 11 (IPS) - After three years of bloodshed, extraordinary courage and immense sacrifices in resisting Russia’s invasion, the people of Ukraine are in limbo as peace negotiations to end the war, instigated by United States...
  • Western Climate Hypocrisy Exposed by NATO Energy Policy
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from Global Issues News Headlines
    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 11 (IPS) - NATO geopolitical strategy has now joined the ‘coalition’ of Western geoeconomic forces accelerating planetary heating, now led again by re-elected US President Donald Trump. Read the full story,...
  • Setting the Record Straight: How Gutting US Foreign Aid Impacts the World
    Monday, March 10, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Over a matter of just weeks, the second Trump administration managed to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the world’s most consequential foreign aid agency . The majority of US humanitarian...
  • Tackling Youth Homelessness: How Cisco and Covenant House Are Changing Lives
    Monday, March 10, 2025 from Global Citizen
    As the winter season sets in across the United States, countless individuals face the harsh realities of cold weather without the safety and warmth of a home. For young people experiencing homelessness, this time of year brings even...
  • Dr. Wanda Díaz-Merced Is Using Sound to Study the Universe — And Inspire a New Generation of Scientists
    Monday, March 10, 2025 from Global Citizen
    When Dr. Wanda Díaz-Merced was a little girl, she “always wanted to know all the whys… I wanted to know the reasoning behind things, not only that leaves are green because of chlorophyll and sunlight, but how did you test it?”  In...
  • Azerbaijan’s Imprisoned Women Journalists
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image An original painting of the women journalists behind bars in Azerbaijan: from Abzas Media, Sevinj Vagifgizi, Nargiz Absalamova, and Elnara Gasimova; from Meydan TV, Aynur Elgunash, Aytaj Ahmadova, Aysel Umudova, and...
  • UN Panel Discusses Need for Stronger Protections for Platform Workers
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Delivery workers carry Uber Eats and Didi bags in Mexico City, Mexico, on December 12, 2024. © 2024 Mayolo Lopez Gutierrez/Bloomberg via Getty Images Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) held a...
  • Why It’s Time to Bring Back Seed Guardians: The Race to Save Indigenous Seeds
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from Global Citizen
    The climate crisis is no distant threat — for the world’s 570 million or so smallholder farmers , it’s already making life more difficult. More frequent extreme weather events are scorching crops , disrupting food systems, and...
  • Cricket Council: Address Taliban Ban on Women Athletes
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Afghan women cricket players prepare to take the field during the match between Afghanistan Women's XI and Cricket Without Borders XI in Melbourne, Australia, January 30, 2025. © 2025 Martin Keep/AFP via Getty...
  • Celebrating Afghan Women’s Achievements
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Protesters hold placards at a demonstration calling for women's rights in Afghanistan, in Parliament Square in London on March 8, 2024, on International Women's Day (IWD). © 2024 Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images...
  • UAE: Ahmed Mansoor’s 15-Year Sentence Upheld
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image In this Aug. 25, 2016 file photo, human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor speaks to Associated Press journalists in Ajman, United Arab Emirates. © 2016 AP Photo/Jon Gambrell (Beirut) – An Emirati court upheld an abusive...
  • Israel/Lebanon: Hezbollah Attacks Endangered Civilians
    Friday, March 7, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image A destroyed structure in Metula, which became the site of heavy rocket barrages from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, November 18, 2024. © 2024 Thomas Peter/Reuters (New York) –...
  • Greece: Rail Crash Highlights Wider Rule of Law Failings
    Thursday, March 6, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Flowers and the names of the victims of the Tempi train accident are displayed during a sit-in protest organized by the Association of Relatives of the Tempi Victims in Athens, Greece, January 26, 2025. © 2025...
  • North Korea: Escapees Describe Covid-Linked Repression
    Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Kim Il Hyuk, who escaped from North Korea, speaks at the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on March 15, 2024. © 2024 Hanvoice People who have escaped from North Korea since the start of the...
  • Israel Again Blocks Gaza Aid, Further Risking Lives
    Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Palestinians wait in line to receive hot food at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza on March 4, 2025. © 2025 Mahmoud ssa/Anadolu via Getty Images Since March 2, 2025, the Israeli government has again blocked all aid...
  • South Korea Should End Workplace Harassment for All Workers
    Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Commuters enter the Gangnam metro station in Seoul, South Korea, September 14, 2023. © 2023 Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images The death of South Korean freelance weathercaster Oh Yoanna, who reportedly endured...
  • Abusive Conspiracy Trial Opens in Tunis
    Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Relatives of detainees accused of involvement in a conspiracy case against state security, on the day of the first hearing in front of the court in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 4, 2025. © 2025 Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty...
  • 6 Indigenous Women Activists of the Amazon You Should Know
    Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Across the Amazon rainforest, the legacy of Indigenous women as fierce protectors of the environment has shaped a powerful movement against exploitation and climate threats.  Women in various Indigenous communities across the Amazon have...
  • Zambia: Mining in Toxic Lead Waste Poisons Children
    Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Trucks at the “Black Mountain,” the concession of Enviro Processing Limited (EPL) that holds much of Kabwe’s mine lead waste, Kabwe, Zambia. © 2023 Trajectory Media/Al Jazeera English In the Zambian city of Kabwe,...
  • UAE: Unfair Mass Trial Convictions Upheld
    Tuesday, March 4, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image UAE Minister of State and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber talks during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week's opening ceremony, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 16, 2023. ...
  • Two Years On, Honoring Judy Heumann’s Legacy
    Tuesday, March 4, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image International Disability Rights Advocate, Judy Heumann, in Washington, DC, May 11, 2021.  © 2021 Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images Today marks two years since the passing of Judy Heumann. A...
  • SDG Olympiad 2025: Empowering Students to Drive Global Change
    Monday, March 3, 2025 from Global Citizen
    As the world faces urgent sustainability challenges, young innovators are stepping up to lead change. The SDG Olympiad is a global competition that empowers university students to create solutions for environmental and health challenges...
  • South Africa: Protect Civilians from Use of Explosive Weapons
    Monday, March 3, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image A damaged apartment building following an overnight Israeli strike on Deir al-Balah, Gaza, January 8, 2025. © 2025 Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo (Johannesburg, March 3, 2025) – South Africa and other countries that...
  • US Registration Directive Further Criminalizes Undocumented Immigrants
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image A NeoScan 45 fingerprint scanner, paired with an app known as EDDIE, is used by ICE to run remote ID checks. © 2020 Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP Photo This week, the Trump administration announced that...
  • Lagos Turned All the Way Up for Move Afrika with a Sold-out Show
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from Global Citizen
    This year’s Move Afrika tour made waves as it expanded from East to West Africa, breaking new ground in the music touring circuit for international artists. For the first time ever, Global Citizen’s Move Afrika tour touched down in...
  • US: Trump Administration Guts Foreign Aid
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image A sign with the names of US government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, with the USAID headquarters taped over, February 7, 2025. © 2025 Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo (Washington, DC)...
  • 5 Recent Movies That Highlight Crucial Moments in Black History
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from Global Citizen
    American cinema has a rich history, with the contributions of Black filmmakers, actors, and storytellers playing a pivotal role in molding the industry from its inception to the present day.  Pioneers such as Maria P. Williams, Oscar...
  • New Era for Africa’s Workforce: How Harambee & Global Citizen Upskilled Youth at Move Afrika 2025
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Youth employment remains one of Africa’s most pressing challenges with unemployment rates in 2024 for those aged 15 to 24 estimated at 11.2% . While young people across the continent are eager to work, barriers such as limited work...
  • Türkiye: Use Call to Halt Violence as Catalyst to End Rights Abuses
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image At a news conference Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk reads out a statement from Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), calling on the organization to end its decades-long insurgency...
  • No Clarity Over Chadian Opposition Member’s Death
    Friday, February 28, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image Political opposition leader Yaya Dillo gives a press conference on April 30, 2021, in N’Djamena, Chad. Dillo was killed on February 28, 2024, by security forces at his party’s headquarters in the capital. © 2021...
  • Thailand: 40 Uyghurs Forcibly Sent to China
    Thursday, February 27, 2025 from
    Click to expand Image An immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, February 26, 2025. © 2025 Jerry Harmer/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The Thai government violated domestic and international law by forcibly sending at least 40 Uyghur...
  • John Legend Headlines Move Afrika: Kigali with an Unforgettable Performance
    Monday, February 24, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Move Afrika made a triumphant return this past weekend to Kigali, delivering a stunning night of music and citizen-led advocacy hosted by John Legend in front of a sold out crowd at BK Arena.   The EGOT-winning, critically acclaimed,...
  • 5 Reasons Why Kigali’s Creative Economy Makes It a Must-Visit Destination for Young Entrepreneurs
    Thursday, February 20, 2025 from Global Citizen
    If you’re an entrepreneur and you’re looking for a place where you can find ideas and opportunities for your business, Kigali, Rwanda is the right place to be. Continue reading to find out why.   Rwanda is one of the fastest growing...
  • What’s Behind Rwanda’s Decreased Maternal Mortality Rates?
    Wednesday, February 19, 2025 from Global Citizen
    What’s frustrating about maternal deaths is that, in 2025, a lot of them are avoidable. Yet childbearers across the African continent continue to lose their lives to preventable pregnancy or childbirth complications.  The UN and its...
  • The Last Ranger: A Triumph for South African Storytelling at the 97th Academy Awards
    Monday, February 17, 2025 from Global Citizen
    This year, one of Move Afrika’s pillars is focused on boosting Africa’s creative economy. We're calling on the world — and Africa’s leaders — to recognize and invest in the continent’s talent at a grand scale. While our live activations...
  • Get Ready for Move Afrika: Kigali and Lagos With This Must-Know Guide
    Friday, February 14, 2025 from Global Citizen
    You’ve scored tickets to the hottest shows in Africa — now it’s time to get ready! This year, Move Afrika is raising the bar, expanding from East to West Africa with stops in Rwanda and Nigeria. First up: the legendary BK Arena in...
  • Africa's Health Systems Need Strengthening — and These Artists Are Using Afrobeats to Make It Happen
    Friday, February 14, 2025 from Global Citizen
    “Happy parent and happy children Happy family there are happy country oh Make you plan well for your life oh If you love me, you go plan with me. If you love me, you go wait for me.” Those lyrics in Pidgin English come from a song by...
  • 6 Nigerian Women Authors Who Helped Shape Society As We Know It Today
    Friday, February 14, 2025 from Global Citizen
    The early Nigerian literacy scene was largely dominated by male authors such as Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, and Gabriel Okara, who rose to prominence between the 1950s and 1970s. However, the contributions of Nigerian...
  • Take Part in Our Wellness Day in Kigali and Earn a Chance to Win Move Afrika Tickets
    Thursday, February 13, 2025 from Global Citizen
    Access to quality sexual and reproductive healthcare is a fundamental right and a crucial factor in achieving equitable health outcomes — especially for women and young people. Yet, many individuals still face barriers that prevent them...
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