Waco International Fuels a Brighter Future for Epworth Children
Waco International has announced that it has donated a reliable vehicle to Epworth Children's Home, a 106-year-old institution dedicated to caring for vulnerable children. The...
Goma: What Have We Done to God to Deserve All This?
Africa, Aid, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Armed Conflicts ...
Impact of the pause of U.S. foreign assistance in Ethiopia
The pause of U.S. foreign assistance on Ethiopia will affect many areas of development, however its impact on Ethiopia’s national HIV response is particularly...
Sungrow Announces First Roadshow of 2025 to Advance Clean Power for...
Sungrow has announced the launch of its first roadshow of 2025, bringing its solar and energy storage innovations to cities across South Africa. Starting...
Tax the Super-Rich. We have a World to Win
Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Inequality, Population, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Credit: UNICEFNAIROBI / BANGKOK, Feb 6...
U.S. White House Executive Order Raises Concerns for Its Support to...
Aid, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Sustainable Development Goals,...
UN Censors Criticism of Saudi Arabia at Internet Conference
(New York) – United Nations officials removed criticisms of the Saudi government from the official record of a UN-organized internet governance conference in Riyadh in December...
UN Rights Council Should Address Impunity in DR Congo
(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent mandate to investigate abuses by all parties to the current conflict at...
Grand Stevie® Award Winners Announced in the 2025 Middle East &...
We are delighted to announce the 2025 Grand...
Meet the woman keeping the adorable pups happy at this year’s...
NEW YORK -- If you tune into the “Puppy Bowl” on Sunday, you'll likely see a key person's influence — even if you don't...
Gerety 2025 Middle East and Africa Jury Announced
The Gerety Awards has announced its Executive Jury for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) for 2025. It will hold in-person jury sessions in...
A Framework for Creativity
Creativity, by definition, is the ability to generate new, original and valuable ideas, solutions, or artistic expressions. The caveat here is that this is...
Six Digital Marketing Trends for 2025 Every Small Business Should Know
Entering 2024, the marketing world was abuzz with concerns about AI and its potential to upend our industry. From fears of job displacement to...
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO): The Next Big Thing in Digital Marketing...
In the world of digital marketing, staying ahead of the curve is essential. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) has been a cornerstone of online visibility, however,...
Benin: An African Pioneer
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Credit: Hadynya/iStock by Getty Images via International Monetary...
This program in Nigeria sends children from the streets into the...
Safiyanu Mati stands at the blackboard, pointing a cane at letters of the alphabet scrawled in chalk. As he reads each letter aloud, the...
Balwin Properties Partners With 5FM for the Balwin Sport Marathon Series
5FM has been named media partner for the 2025 Balwin Sport Marathon Series. For the series, Balwin Properties, in collaboration with 5FM, has announced...
Float Partners With Peach Payments
Float, Africa's first credit card-linked instalment platform, has partnered with Peach Payments, a leading online payment solution provider. Peach Payments merchants can now instantly...
Audi South Africa Announces Ricci Birchfield as New Head of Marketing,...
Audi South Africa has appointed Ricci Birchfield as the company's new Head of Marketing, Product and Public Relations, effective Saturday, 1 February. Ricci succeeds...
Marketing Achievement Awards Unveils 2025 Qualifiers
The Marketing Achievement Awards (MAAs) has announced the qualifiers for its 2025 competition. These entrants have demonstrated exceptional strategic thinking and impactful execution, achieving...
4 creative and marketing leaders from Africa in Gerety 2025 MEA...
The Gerety 2025 Middle East & Africa (MEA) jury has been announced and includes four creative and marketing leaders from Africa.Four leaders from Africa...
From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers...
SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco -- Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing...
As Palestinian prisoners return home, there is joy, but sorrow, too
The waiting crowd cheered the bus’s arrival, buzzing like fans seeking a glimpse of a rock star.Israel’s release of Palestinian prisoners into the West...
China: Travel for Uyghurs Heavily Restricted
(New York) – The Chinese government is maintaining severe restrictions, conditions, and controls on Uyghurs who seek to travel abroad in violation of their internationally protected right to...
Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse...
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one...
Six Trends Shaping the Future of Digital Out-of-Home Advertising in 2025
With programmatic advancements and an increasing focus on omnichannel campaigns, the digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) industry is rapidly evolving. Remi du Preez, Managing Director at...
PinkDrive Partners With BD to Mobilise Critical Health Screening in Soweto
In commemoration of World Cancer Day 2025, PinkDrive NPC has partnered with BD (Beckton Dickenson) in association with the City of Johannesburg to provide...
America’s Scourge: An Ageing Elderly Population
Economy & Trade, Headlines, Health, Labour, North America, Population, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
The proportion of America’s elderly population, currently defined unfortunately as those aged...
From worst to best: How Poland reduces traffic deaths, and Sri...
Road deaths in Warsaw have dropped by over half in the past decadeThe streets of the Polish capital were once known as some of...
Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their...
GOMA, Congo -- Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on...
Huawei Partners With Bayanda Walaza
Huawei Consumer Business Group South Africa has announced a new partnership, underscoring its commitment to innovation and excellence whilst fostering South African sporting talent....
Razor Names Sharleen James as Managing Director
Razor Public Relations has appointed Sharleen James as its new Managing Director, effective 1 February. James joins Razor from Accenture Song, where she was...
Hidden Danger: How War Remnants Threaten Syrian Lives
Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Sustainable Development Goals Armed Conflicts ...
Cotlands Charity Golf Day to Support Vulnerable Children
Cotlands has announced that it will host its fourth annual Charity Golf Day, set to take place on Thursday, 20 February at the Country...
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization chief asked global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the...
Algeria: Arbitrary Travel Bans Against Critics
(Beirut) – Algerian authorities have increasingly used arbitrary travel bans to retaliate against perceived critics, Human Rights Watch and MENA Rights Group said today. The...
Africa knew Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge meant it might be last....
JOHANNESBURG -- Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid, an email landed in Claris Madhuku's...
Full Court Press: Montana high school basketball highlights (Feb. 1)
Editor's Note: To have games included here, submit scores and scoring details to 406mtsports.myteamscoop.com. The Full Court Press is updated as we receive results.• No....
Scoreboard: High school swimming (Feb. 1)
High school swimmingMissoula InvitationalGrizzly PoolTop 10 boys team scores: 1. Bozeman, 430.5; 2. Helena Capital, 329; 3. Billings Central, 290; 4. Bozeman Gallatin, 284;...
The Grammys are here with Beyoncé leading all nominees at a...
LOS ANGELES -- The 67th Grammy Awards will take place Sunday but with a dramatically different tone this year.As Los Angeles continues to recover...
Comic who won funniest joke award at the Fringe to perform...
Mark Simmons will bring his new show, "Jest to Impress," to the Wyvern Theatre next February as part of his 2026 tour.
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Planet Classroom Presents Inspiring February 2025 Releases: Creativity, Brilliance, and Diversity
Discover the newest groundbreaking films on the Planet Classroom Network for February.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Planet Classroom is thrilled to announce its...
UNAIDS urges that all essential HIV services must continue while U.S....
GENEVA, 1 February 2025— The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is urging for a continuation of all essential HIV services while the...
World’s most popular TikTok personality Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill...
DAKAR, Senegal -- DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Khaby Lame, the Senegal-born world’s most popular TikTok personality who never says a word in videos watched...
Scoreboard: Montana Girls High School Wrestling Rankings (Jan. 31)
Montana Girls High School Wrestling RankingsTeam rankingsClass AA: Billings Senior 231, Kalispell Flathead 120.5, Billings Skyview 111, Billings West 81, Helena Capital 72.5. Class A:...
Rwanda: Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Goma
(Nairobi) – Rwandan forces and the abusive M23 armed group should urgently ensure access to and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the...
‘Areas Essential to the Global Climate Are Being Threatened by Economic...
Active Citizens, Africa, Biodiversity, Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Crime & Justice, Economy & Trade, Energy, Environment, Featured, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations
Jan...
Calls for Big Oil to Cover LA Fire Damage as Chevron,...
As Chevron and ExxonMobil on Friday reported tens of billions in 2024 profits, campaigners intensified their demand for Big Oil to pay for the...
Trump review of foreign aid reopens debate: How reliable is the...
Tucked away in last year’s $60 billion U.S. foreign aid budget was a $15 million drop in the ocean.Literally. The money paid for projects...
TikTok Releases What’s Next 2025 Trend Report
TikTok has released its What's Next 2025 Trend Report, which reveals the key trends shaping the future of marketing and entertainment and shows that...
Kenyan troupe moves to a jubilant beat, welcoming dancers with disabilities
Dancing was once shameful for Pamela Achieng. She felt shy doing it, and embarrassed about her body.Now Ms. Achieng, who contracted polio as a...
MMA Global Partners With African Academy of AI to Advance AI-Driven...
The African Academy of AI (AAAI) and MMA Global have announced a partnership to champion AI-first solutions in marketing, equipping professionals across Africa and...
2025 Streaming Trends: While the Wars Might Be Over, the Battle...
Omadia has released its 2025 Trends to Watch report, which predicts 2025 will be the first year that streaming will outpace traditional pay TV...
In Zimbabwe, Rhinos Are the Focus of a Village Tourism Project
Daybreak filtered through spindly stands of Terminalia trees, and the windshield glowed. It was September in northwest Zimbabwe, and the morning carried the lingering...
Journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic...
DAKAR, Senegal -- For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a...
Safeguarding Civil Society – a New Global Initiative Could Become a...
Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Press Freedom, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
Sarah Strack is Forus DirectorCredit: Hivos. EU SEEJOHANNESBURG, Jan 31...
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by...
Egypt: UN Review Spotlights Key Rights Concerns
(Geneva) – The Egyptian government should accept and take urgent action to carry out recommendations made during a United Nations review of its human rights...
Inquest into death of ‘beautiful’ and ‘unique’ body piercer concludes
Chelsea Orion Leigh was found dead in her home on November 21, 2023, following concerns for her welfare after she did not...
‘Geoengineering Fails Again’: Coalition Cheers End of Arctic Ice Project
Environmental and Indigenous activists
declared Thursday that "geoengineering fails again," welcoming the shutdown of a project that aimed to use "a reflective material...
How Gaza hostage-release drama works for both Hamas and Netanyahu
For Israelis, the sight of white pickup trucks filled with armed Hamas men is a terrifying reminder of the deadliest day in their history,...
The Protocol School of Washington® Awarded Five-Year Accreditation by the Accrediting...
With many teams re-engaging in-person networking and collaboration...
Can We Still Solve Climate Change?
Climate Action, Environment, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
With so much bad news about climate change lately, is it too late for...
Botswana’s new president is a human rights lawyer on a mission
Few places are as different as the country where Duma Boko was born in 1969 and the one where he became president last November.He...
‘Momentous Victory for Climate Justice’: Rosebank, Jackdaw Oilfields Ruled Unlawful
After winning a landmark lawsuit to stop oil and gas production at two North Sea fossil fuel projects in the United Kingdom Thursday, the...
African Countries Called Upon to Improve Data Collection
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations, Trade & Investment Development & Aid
Vendors in...
A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in...
KAMPALA, Uganda -- A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, died after testing positive for Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first...
What Makes Valentine’s Day Marketing Effective?
Everyone's a sucker for a heart-shaped, red version of a product they are already familiar with around Valentine's Day. Almost everyone takes part —...
‘Absa Summer’ Campaign Winners Receive Brand New Cars
Absa has announced that it has handed over OMODA C5 cars to the ten lucky winners of the 'Absa Summer' campaign competition. The 'Absa...
Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
As he does every three months, Sibusiso traveled on Wednesday morning to a clinic in the capital of Eswatini, a tiny southern African nation,...
In the Footsteps of the Enslaved
The terrifying first capture in Africa.The deadly crossing of the Middle Passage.The brutality of slave markets and servitude.It’s almost impossible to imagine, let alone...
Israel’s Ban on UNRWA Threatens to Undermine Ceasefire in Palestine
Aid, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Education, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Middle East & North Africa, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations
The United...
Greed and Cynicism Fuel Rwanda’s War in DRC
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, TerraViva United Nations Opinion
People displaced by the fighting in Goma flee the city....
UN Faces Backlash from a Hostile White House
Democracy, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations
President Donald Trump addresses the General Assembly’s 75th...