China’s green power in Angola: When clean energy comes with heavy debt
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China’s green power in Angola: When clean energy comes with heavy debt
In recent years, Chinese international investment schemes have increasingly emphasized “green development” and a “Green Belt and Road,” wit...
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty under national security law
Lai was found guilty of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and sedition. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment and the court will determi...
Fraudulent networks fuel deforestation and illegal timber exports in Cameroon
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Fraudulent networks fuel deforestation and illegal timber exports in Cameroon
The Cameroonian state incurs a colossal loss amounting to billions of CFA francs each year due to uncollected logging rights, unpaid taxes, and los...
Life at the U.S.–Mexico border under the Trump administration
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Life at the U.S.–Mexico border under the Trump administration
The Trump administration has reintroduced some of its most contentious border measures, leading to renewed targeting, detention, and deportation of...
At COP30, civil society stepped into real, not symbolic, leadership
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At COP30, civil society stepped into real, not symbolic, leadership
After several conferences shaped by restrictions and tensions between governments and social movements, this COP had active voices in the discussio...
Australia's under 16 social media ban under microscope at home and abroad
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Australia's under 16 social media ban under microscope at home and abroad
"The social media feeds that once connected us are now driving us apart. Social media algorithms are flooding young men’s feeds with radical miso...
Words across worlds: Moharaj Sharma on language, culture, and belonging in Nepal
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Words across worlds: Moharaj Sharma on language, culture, and belonging in Nepal
Global Voices interviewed Moharaj Sharma to explore his path as a poet, journalist, and documentarian, and his enduring efforts to elevate Nepali l...
Nepal’s Indigenous communities pay the highest price for their part in the organized illegal wildlife trade
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Nepal’s Indigenous communities pay the highest price for their part in the organized illegal wildlife trade
Nepal is both the source and transit site for wildlife poaching, and has long flourished as a route for the illegal trade.
A Filipino journalist pushes back against red-tagging and disinformation by taking on Meta
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A Filipino journalist pushes back against red-tagging and disinformation by taking on Meta
In 2023, journalist Cong Corrales filed a landmark case against Meta to obtain the identities behind the accounts that had led a vicious smear oper...
‘Femicide does not start on the day of the crime’: A Brazilian researcher’s view on gender violence in her country
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‘Femicide does not start on the day of the crime’: A Brazilian researcher’s view on gender violence in her country
[Femicide] starts when psychological violence is minimized, when a partner’s control is normalized as jealousy, when jokes or demeaning comments ...