Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco’s movie industry
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- After the movie “Cabo Negro” screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, organizers anticipating backlash whisked its crew away...
Insurgents advance in Syria: Army Withdraws, Assad Denies Fleeing
Insurgents' stunning march across Syria gained speed on Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and with the government...
Feminist literature under fire: The ‘Cometierra’ controversy in Argentina
Collage with the cover of the novel “Cometierra,” by Dolores Reyes. Image created with Canva by Global Voices.At the beginning of November, Argentine feminist...
‘Dirty and Dumb!’ Trump May Cancel Contracts to Electrify USPS Fleet
As part of President-elect Donald Trump's mission to roll back the Biden administration's climate policies, the Republican may cancel contracts to electrify the U.S....
Trump offers a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump offered a public show of support Friday for Pete Hegseth, his choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by...
Zambia: Civil Society Fighting New Legislative Threats and Restrictive NGO Bills
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Credit: Alex Berger in North Western ZambiaLUSAKA,...
A mystery illness has killed dozens of people in Congo. UN...
KINSHASA, Congo -- The World Health Organization said Friday it was deploying experts to investigate a mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of...
UP Wins at the 2024 MACE Excellence Awards
The Department of Institutional Advancement (DIA) and the Department of Enrolment and Student Administration (DESA) at the University of Pretoria (UP) have announced that...
Senior Government Biometrics Executive Joins FaceTec Team
John joins an exceptionally talented FaceTec team. He...
Sungrow Announces Principal Sponsorship of Powerelec Nigeria Exhibition 2025
Sungrow Southern Africa has announced its role as the principal sponsor for the Powerelec Nigeria Exhibition 2025, set to take place from Monday, 13...
In Pictures: Old Town Christmas Festival 2024
The Old Town Christmas Festival had been rescheduled from Sunday, November 24 to Sunday, December 1 following flooding during Storm Bert and...
SuperSport Supports 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
As part of its commitment to the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), SuperSport has announced that it will raise awareness and advocate for change...
China’s ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on...
BANGKOK -- China has banned exports of key materials used to make a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and...
UNCCD COP16 Raises Hopes for Ambitious Global Land Action
Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Conservation, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Gender, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees,...
Joe Public Wins Large Agency and Transformation Award at 2024 Adfocus...
Joe Public has announced that the agency has received two awards at the 2024 AdFocus Awards. The agency took home the coveted Large Agency of...
Climate Finance Not Charity, But Obligation, International Court of Justice hears
Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Least Developed Countries, Middle East & North Africa, Pacific Community...
‘Bonfire of the incumbents’ unseats governments worldwide in 2024
It will be cold comfort for Kamala Harris. But her loss in the U.S. presidential election in November is typical of a major mood...
Meet the Banks and Investors Funding the LNG ‘Carbon Bomb’
Liquefied natural gas developers have expansion plans that could release 10 additional metric gigatons of climate pollution by 2030, and major banks and investors...
Sierra Leone begins nationwide rollout of Ebola vaccine a decade after...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in...
Tanzania’s President Takes on Forced Evictions of Maasai Community
On December 1, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the establishment of two committees to address land disputes in the country’s northern Ngorongoro district, renowned...
Biden Administration Takes ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Climate Position at ICJ
The Biden administration faced backlash from scientists, advocacy groups, and vulnerable Pacific islands on Wednesday for arguing before the United Nations' highest court that...
Nigeria Airstrike Victims Need Justice
A year after a devastating airstrike accidentally killed 85 people during a religious celebration in Tundun Biri, in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, the state government...
In Malawi, sex and mental health can be taboo topics. Not...
The weekly radio show “Spot On: Kalikonse Tikadziwe” takes on topics that are taboo in the village of Undi and throughout Malawian society. Today’s...
Heightened Insecurity in Sudan Threatens Nationwide Collapse
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Two women and a child...
Money market trading underway on Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX)
As excitement builds ahead of the launch of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), banks are already actively trading on its online Interbank Money Market...
Brightrock and Dan Nicholl United Make a Difference for Laureus Sport...
BrightRock has announced that the Dan Nicholl Golf Invitational, supported by BrightRock and held on Monday, 18 November at The Royal Johannesburg Golf Club,...
The Unlimited and inQuba Win Assegai Award
The Unlimited has announced that, in partnership with technology provider, inQuba, it has received an Assegai Award for its 'people-first' campaign.By combining cutting-edge technology...
New Approaches Urgently Needed to Tackle Resurgent Social Crises
Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Financial Crisis, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Global, Headlines, Health, Inequality, TerraViva United...
Final Montana legislative race called for Democrat following recount
After a recount in House District 57 was finalized earlier this week, Democrat Scott Rosenzweig maintained his lead over incumbent Rep. Marty Malone, R-Pray,...
North Carolina Town Sues Utility Giant Over ‘Decades of Deception’ on...
The town of Carrboro, North Carolina filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the utility company Duke Energy of carrying out a "knowing deception campaign concerning...
Where Nazis first won office, Germans are voting for right-wing extremists
Just down a thickly forested road from the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial here in the historic city of Weimar, a young mother wrangling her...
New UN aid chief vows ‘ruthlessness’ to prioritize spending as funding...
GENEVA -- The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will be “ruthless” when prioritizing how to spend money, a nod...
Ladles of Love Launches ‘Feed the Future’ Campaign
NPO Ladles of Love has launched its biggest annual campaign yet, titled 'Feed the Future' and South Africa is invited to get on board....
Nigeria’s new listing tops trading volumes as shares soar
Housing and hospitality group Haldane McCall plc sees its listing on the Main Board of the Nigerian Exchange Limited as the route to raise...
‘Right Thing to Do’: FERC Delays Controversial LNG Export Terminal
Frontline communities along the Gulf Coast were granted a "temporary reprieve" last week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission moved to pause its approval...
VML South Africa Brings Home Regional TikTok Ad Awards
VML South Africa has announced that it brought home awards in three categories at the inaugural regional TikTok Ad Awards for the Middle East,...
TikTok Ad Awards Announces 2024 South African Winners
The inaugural TikTok Ad Awards 2024 ceremony has taken place in Dubai, at Upside. The event has celebrated standout brands and agencies across the...
To end AIDS, communities mobilize to engage men and boys
Michael Onyango rises before dawn in his Nairobi apartment and catches a train eight hours east to Kilifi, a coastal town north of Mombasa....
How an App Transformed Farming for Rural Tanzanian Women
Active Citizens, Africa, Artificial Intelligence, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Green Economy, Headlines, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals,...
A Radiant Tribute to the Holidays, ANTY Introduces the Luminara Collection,...
With the Luminara Collection, we've captured the beauty...
Henkel SA Hosts Inaugural Sustainability Indaba
Henkel South Africa has hosted its inaugural Sustainability Indaba, highlighting that the commitment to a sustainable future has never been stronger. This event brought...
Ogilvy Leads Assegai Awards With 46 Wins Across Ten Clients
Ogilvy South Africa has announced that it is the most awarded agency at this year's Assegai Awards with 46 awards: 12 Golds, 11 Silvers,...
‘Quilombola Communities Live in Fear Because the Laws That Are Supposed...
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Dec 4 2024 (IPS) -...
Update on contested plan to open pharmacy in ‘much-needed’ location
Priesh Patel and his family have spent the last few months trying to set up a healthcare hub inside the High Street...
African news, analysis and opinion
On paper, Senegal has the resources to support its ambition to become the African continent’s next economic powerhouse, with its population, oil windfall and...
Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the kinds of films...
Magna Carta Takes Top Honours at AdFocus Awards 2024
Magna Carta, a leading reputation management consultancy, took home the overall award for PR Agency of the Year on Monday, 2 December at the...
Absa Renews Sponsorship of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES
Absa has renewed its commitment as title sponsor of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES, a partnership that began in 2021 during the Covid-19...
Joburg Theatre and CHOC Celebrate the First Book Handover at Chris...
Joburg Theatre and CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa have celebrated the first official handover of books collected during their festive season book drive....
Focus on Africa: IPBES Plenary Session Makes Inaugural Visit to Biodiverse...
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Springbok in Sossusvlei, Namibia. IPBES 11...
South Africa’s G20 Presidency in 2025: A Pivotal Moment for the...
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Audiovisual/G20
Lutfiyya Dean (center), head of the South African delegation...
Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored
(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership...
UNAIDS appoints artist Funke Akindele as National Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria
ABUJA, NIGERIA, 3 December 2024 — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Funke Akindele, a...
‘The People Always Pay’: Report Details How LNG Tax Breaks Harm...
How do local communities lose out when governments invest in fossil fuel facilities instead of community needs? That's the question at the heart of...
Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon
On November 27, gendarmes in Cameroon arrested and severely beat prominent human rights lawyer Richard Tamfu in the country’s largest city, Douala. The vicious...
Better drugs through AI? Insitro CEO on what machine learning can...
WASHINGTON -- Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code and fielding customer service calls with chatbots.But the...
Make President Biden’s Only Trip to Africa Count
United States President Joe Biden is embarking on a two-day visit to Angola, his only Africa trip as president. His visit is highly anticipated...
Small Island States Urge International Court to Look Beyond Climate Treaties
Caribbean Climate Wire, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, Least...
What Does The Ceasefire in Lebanon Entail For Gaza?
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A group of...
‘Monumental Victory for the Ocean’: Norway Halts Plans for Deep-Sea Mining
Environmental organizations cheered as Norway's controversial plans to move forward with deep-sea mining in the vulnerable Arctic Ocean were iced on Sunday.
The pause was...
‘Frontlines of a Crisis We Did Not Create’: Low-Lying Nations Make...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard arguments Monday in the largest climate case ever brought before it as a coalition of low-lying and...
Resilience amid crisis: strengthening the HIV response for displaced communities in...
Ethiopia faces a triple crisis of conflict, climate change, and displacement that impedes the capacity to provide essential health and other humanitarian assistance to...
Confronting the Global Crisis of Land Degradation
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The 16th session of the...
Who are the Ultimate Winners in the World’s Ongoing Military Conflicts?
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Credit: US National ArchivesUNITED NATIONS, Dec 2...
Global celebrities unite behind UNAIDS’ call for world leaders to “take...
GENEVA, 1 December 2024 — This World AIDS Day (1 December), sixteen global celebrities, including Hollywood film star Luke Evans and singer-songwriter Sia of...
Academy Award-winning actress and philanthropist Charlize Theron hands over her Instagram...
GENEVA, 28 November 2024 — A 21-year-old South African HIV activist, Ibanomonde Ngema, will take over the global Instagram account of Academy Award-winner and...
The Biggest Delegation at Plastic Treaty Talks? Plastic Industry Lobbyists
At the fifth and final session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to finalize a global plastics treaty in Busan, South Korea, one...
The COP29 is over, and so is the spotlight on Azerbaijan
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva.The 29th session of the United Nation's flagship climate summit, also known as COP (Conference of Parties), just wrapped up in...
Drought in Somalia is forcing thousands of climate refugees to Kenya’s...
A screenshot of an old woman at the Dadaab Refugee Camp from the documentary Radio Dadaab by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), used with...
UNAIDS report shows that upholding human rights is vital for ending...
GENEVA, 26 November 2024— Ahead of World AIDS Day (1 December), a new report by UNAIDS shows that the world can meet the agreed...
Critics Call COP29 Climate Finance Draft ‘Slap in the Face’ by...
With the United Nations' annual climate summit scheduled to end Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups denounced the latest
draft finance deal, which would...
PrEP for her: Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines...
The only HIV prevention that Elena Felix knew of was condoms. But condoms were not something that she was able to make use of,...