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In First Major Climate Challenge to Trump 2.0, Groups Work to...

Climate advocates are expressing confidence as they file the first major environmental legal challenges to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, with the legal group...

Hindu devotional singing is having a moment

(RNS) — The winner of the 2025 Grammy Award for best new age, ambient or chant album — a category once dominated by Enya...

1st for Women Receives Recognition

1st for Women has announced that it has received a series of awards in 2024 that showcase the brand's commitment to empowering women, providing...

Washington adopts a Zimbabwe innovation: Grannies offering park-bench therapy

Outside the Bernice Elizabeth Fonteneau Wellness Center in Petworth, a historically Black neighborhood in Washington, D.C., bundled-up passersby swerve around piles of melting slush....

CIM and AMC Announce Partnership

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and The African Marketing Confederation (AMC) have announced a partnership to collectively advance the marketing profession, for the...

How Personal Branding Can Help People in South Africa

In South Africa, where entrepreneurship, digital innovation and career growth are on the rise, personal branding plays a crucial role in helping individuals stand...

Humanitarian Groups Face Challenges in Reaching the Sudanese Displaced Population

Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Food and Agriculture, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations ...

How Tanzania’s Farmers, Pastoralists Paid the Price for a World Bank...

Africa, Aid, Biodiversity, Conservation, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food Security and Nutrition, Headlines, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Natural...

US aid freeze puts HIV-positive orphans in Kenya at risk as...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With...

Swindon organisation appoints new chief executive

With almost 20 years of experience in the education sector, Ms Dilly has led national programmes for organisations such as the National...

Emergency Food, TB Tests and H.I.V. Drugs: Vital Health Aid Remains...

Funds for vital health programs around the world remain frozen and their work has not been able to resume, despite a federal judge’s order...

Guinean ‘Disappeared’ Activist Resurfaces with Marks of Torture

A prominent civil society leader in Guinea, Abdoul Sacko, went missing in the early hours of February 19, 2025, after gunmen took him from his...

What’s next for the Gaza ceasefire? Netanyahu pressed from all sides.

Phase Two of the ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza is confronting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an impossible puzzle.Under immense pressure from U.S. President...

Mali: Armed Islamist Attack on Convoy Kills 34 Civilians

(Nairobi) – An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in northeastern Mali on February...

Study Shows Glaciers Have Lost ‘3 Olympic Swimming Pools Per Second’...

An international science project on Wednesday published a study in the journal Nature showing that glaciers have lost an average of 273 billion metric...

Status of HIV Programmes in Botswana

Documented Impact on Services: Government Support: HIV programmes are primarily (60%) supported by the government, with public health facilities operating normally.  Service Disruptions: All key population drop-in...

Blamed for ‘Causing’ Droughts: Zimbabwe’s LGBTQI Community Faces Climate Crisis Head-on

Active Citizens, Africa, Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Gender, Gender Identity, Headlines, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Terraviva...

media update’s 10th Birthday Top Marketing Picks

For media update's 10th birthday, the team is looking back and shining a new spotlight on some of the best articles published over the...

Everything Naked Marketing Does Right

Since its establishment in 2018, Naked Insurance has quickly become a household name in South Africa. In large part, this is due to its...

Seseki Itsweng Named Managing Director of Octagon Africa

Octagon has announced Seseki Itsweng as Managing Director of Africa. Itsweng will be based in Octagon's Johannesburg office and will operate both in South...

Social Media in the Global South Needs More Protections

Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Education, Global, Headlines, Health, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations The United Nations’ 2024 Summit of the Future Interactive...

The Arab States Must Stop Trump– and Netanyahu– in Their Tracks

Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Middle East & North Africa, TerraViva United...

Trump’s foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in...

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of...

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema, dies

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84BAMAKO, Mali -- Malian filmmaker...

Montanans, workers warn mass Forest Service layoffs will impact public lands,...

A retired Forest Service supervisor is calling the recent terminations of over 300 federal workers in Montana a "disaster" for the state. Recently fired...

Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations in Cape Town next...

Impact of the pause of US foreign assistance in Côte d’Ivoire

A confusing and evolving situation in Côte d'Ivoire  The 90-day pause in US foreign assistance has caused a major shock to the national response to...

Burundi: Climate change makes rainy season a public danger in urban...

Flooding in Gatumba (western Burundi). Screenshot from the video “Burundi: Severe Flooding” on the Tv5monde Info YouTube Channel. Fair use.This article was published as...

Havas Africa Officially Launches Havas Play

Havas Africa has announced that it has officially launched Havas Play, its global network with expertise across sponsorships, partnerships, experiential, social, influencers and branded...

The Hive Group Appoints Shannon Naicker as Chief Innovation Officer

The Hive Group has appointed Shannon Naicker as its new Chief Innovation Officer to accelerate growth and enhance operational efficiency through innovation.As The Hive...

media update’s 10th Birthday Top Media Picks

Hip hip hooray! media update is turning 10! And what better way to celebrate a decade of content than taking a scroll through memory...

Engel & Völkers Florida Closes 2024 with Record Year In Talent...

"We continue to thrive by prioritizing quality over...

MarkLives Announces 2025 The Mark Awards

MarkLives has announced the 2025 The Mark Awards — a new platform dedicated to recognising achievements in marketing and advertising across strategy, innovation, design,...

Dentsu X: Shaping the future of experiences

At dentsu X, we don’t just create experiences – we craft moments that matter. Moments that speak to the heart of consumer motivations and...

Dentsu X: Shaping the future of experiences

At dentsu X, we don’t just create experiences – we craft moments that matter. Moments that speak to the heart of consumer motivations and...

Trump’s War on Global Governance: Lessons from the Past on How...

Civil Society, Democracy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Daniel D. Bradlow is...

Wiltshire school celebrates record number of Duke of Edinburgh awards

Royal Wootton Bassett Academy has seen a busy year with students hiking, voyaging, and traipsing through woods and hills to achieve their...

RSF Announces Plans for Breakaway Government in Sudan

The Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group battling for power in Sudan’s ruinous civil war, took a step toward forming its own breakaway government...

Shaping AI Rules Through Trade Agreements

Asia-Pacific, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Featured, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Artificial Intelligence (AI) and...

How the shift in US funding is threatening both the lives...

On 20 January 2025 the United States announced a 90-day freeze on US foreign aid which has had a devastating impact on people living...

As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about...

TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and...

Sarah Browning-de Villiers Appointed to IFICA Advisory Board

Machine_, part of Publicis Groupe South Africa, has announced that Sarah Browning-de Villiers, its Chief Content Officer, has been appointed to the Institute for...

media update’s 10th Birthday Top Publicity Picks

media update is 10 years old and wants to celebrate with you! Instead of 10 candles, we're lighting up 10 of the most impactful...

Konica Minolta South Africa Joins Castle Super League as Sponsor

Konica Minolta South Africa has announced its co-sponsorship of the inaugural Castle Super League, a cross-border provincial rugby competition launched at Loftus Versfeld in...

UNAIDS Weekly Update – Impact of US Shifts on the Global...

As of 17 February 2024, UNAIDS had received at least one status report from 52 countries (39 PEPFAR-funded and 13 countries that receive some...

Fibon and Bathroom Bizarre Collaborate for Energy Independence and Cost Efficiency

Fibon has collaborated with the Bathroom Bizarre Group to take steps towards energy independence and cost efficiency. Thanks to an end-to-end solar energy solution...

He’s ‘in charge’ of mass deportations. Why Trump listens to Tom...

Tom Homan, the “border czar” handpicked by President Donald Trump, has arrested, detained, and deported unauthorized immigrants since 1984. Friends call him loyal. Critics...

Why Exhibitions Still Matter in a Digital World

For years, exhibitions have been a powerful tool for introducing products to the market. Then came COVID-19, the rise of the digital era and...

Storytelling, Communication Strategies and CSI in Africa: A Q&A With Professor...

Corporate social investment (CSI) projects' success heavily leans on the communication and participation within them. Strategies for these projects need to be extremely adaptable...

Only Political Will Can End World Hunger: Food Isn’t Scarce, but...

Armed Conflicts, Climate Action, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Food Sustainability, Global, Headlines,...

5FM, Good Hope FM and S3 Expresso Celebrate World Radio Day

5FM, Good Hope FM and Expresso on S3 have announced a collaboration in celebration of World Radio Day on Thursday, 13 February. The trio have...

Warc: “Podcasts are having a moment’ – but popularity not translating...

“Fresh from seemingly helping Donald Trump to win last year’s ‘podcast election’ in the US, brands are reappraising the medium through fresh eyes.”(Image supplied)This...

Why a Global Tech Fund for the Poorest Countries is a...

Civil Society, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Least Developed Countries, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion GEBZE, Turkiye,...

Lebanon: Destruction of Infrastructure Preventing Returns

Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon destroyed vast swathes of critical civilian infrastructure and public services, preventing tens of thousands of Lebanese from returning to...

South African NGOs worry Trump’s aid freeze will cause HIV patients...

UMZIMKHULU, South Africa -- At a rural village in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if she...

M23 Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered Bukavu

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday entered the vital trading hub of Bukavu in the east of the country, according to...

From Samburu to China: Women as key custodians and perpetrators of...

A group of Samburu women at a capacity building meeting on sandalwood conservation, Photo by Carroll Omuom, used with permission.By Linda Ngari with support...

Income grows in Africa, and solar power soars in Pakistan

Average incomes have more than doubled in nine African countries since 1990Though most African countries saw economic growth after gaining independence, extreme poverty remains...

Q&A: USC AD Jennifer Cohen confident investments in football will help...

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times ...

Celebrating Global Culinary Heritage: Chef Point Announces Special February Menu

These dishes represent not just meals, but memories and traditions passed down through generations. ----Chef Franson Nwaeze COLLEYVILLE, TX, February 15, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- This...

The new ‘Captain America’ explores a different kind of patriotism

Thanks to my dad’s influence, my childhood was filled with an assortment of Black superheroes, both real and imaginary. There were the obvious ones,...

Sexual Violence Against Children Soars in Congo, U.N. Group Says

Sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared in recent weeks, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Thursday,...

USAID cuts threaten America’s most successful global health campaign

President George W. Bush was halfway through his State of the Union address in January 2003 when he pivoted from making promises to Americans...

Thanda’s ECD Children Exceed National Averages in ELOM Assessment

Thanda, a nonprofit based in rural KwaZulu-Natal, has announced that it has continued to make a significant impact on Early Childhood Development (ECD), with...

VML 2025 Tomorrow’s Commerce Report: What South African Brands Need to...

VML has released the 2025 edition of the Tomorrow's Commerce report. Lebo Moerrane, Head of Digital and Social Media at VML, provides some report highlights...

MANZI Water Expands with New Outlet and Innovative Refill Station

MANZI Water has opened a new outlet in Nelspruit and it has installed automated MANZI refill stations, developed in collaboration with Sonke. Husband and wife...

Cameroon’s Massacre Victims Wait for Justice Five Years On

Brutal violence has taken hold in Cameroon’s North-West and South-West regions since 2016 as armed separatist groups seek independence for the country’s minority Anglophone...

8 animation projects selected for Durban FilmMart 2025 programme

The 16th Durban FilmMart is scheduled for 18 to 21 July 2025 in Durban, South Africa. This year, eight animation projects from across the...

Development Effectiveness & the Quality of Financing: Towards a More Holistic...

Civil Society, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

The hidden cost of Valentine’s Day treats on West Africa

Photo of the person holding a tray of heart-shaped chocolates.  Image by RDNE Stock project, from Pexels (Free to use).By Bezawit Mekonnen It’s hard to...

From the wreckage of USAID, can anything be saved?

It may well be the most profound change that President Donald Trump has yet wreaked on America’s place in the world. And if global...

UNAIDS rallies faith leaders in support of the HIV response at...

ROME/GENEVA, 13 February 2025—Today, the Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima met with leaders in the Catholic Church as part of a global effort...

DR Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps

(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic...