Large families are already a relic of the past in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a result of modernisation and the ...

Sudan has been plunged into a deadly cholera outbreak in the midst of the Sudanese Civil War. Sudan is currently home to an ...

The world may have dodged an immediate bullet when the US intelligence agencies warned, this week, that by giving in to Ukraine’s pleading for long range missiles that could attack targets deep into ...

The statistics are stark: 54 governments, of which 25 are African, are spending at least 10% of their revenues on servicing ...

In 2017, South African activist Nonhle Mbuthuma took a stand against the powerful oil giant Shell, halting their plans to ...

Climate change is driving a mental health crisis and accelerating eco-anxiety. Dr Emma Lawrance is a leading researcher on ...

CIVICUS discusses the upcoming election of new members of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council with Madeleine ...

When the “founding fathers” –regrettably, no “founding mothers”—created the United Nations 79 years ago, one of the biggest ...

The Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave recently generated international discussion about the barbarity of slavery, but it is not alone in the attempt to break the silence around the 400 years of the ...

It is almost universally acknowledged that Pakistan emerged a separate state in 1947 primarily on the basis of religion. Yes, an Islamic state, but isn’t history rather murky on the question of ...

A new report accuses industries fueling the climate crisis, including fossil fuel ones, of draining public funds in the ...

In a context of shrinking civic space that threatens civil society participation in an increasing number of countries and all ...