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A plea to protect Jamaica's wild birds

Though the Wildlife Protection Act protects 'all native birds,' they are still being targeted

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

31 August 2023

Prioritizing disability employment in Azerbaijan

The state's top priority must be to identify gaps and offer solutions

Written by Mahammad Kekalov

31 August 2023

Central Asian presidents cannot stop appointing their relatives to high-level posts

Blood ties trump merit and professional qualifications

Written by Nurbek Bekmurzaev

31 August 2023

China retaliates as Japan discharges treated radioactive water from Fukushima

Scientific discussions about the safety standard of the discharge are censored

Written by Oiwan Lam

30 August 2023

Trinidad & Tobago is used to heat, but not quite like this

'When the weather changes, daily life changes'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

30 August 2023

Denyse Plummer, Trinidad & Tobago's unlikely calypso queen, leaves a legacy of passion, praise and patriotism

'Through her music [Plummer] proved herself to be a true patriot of T&T'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

29 August 2023

Navigating the boundaries of free speech: Nigeria’s Twitter ban

A critical moment in the struggle to safeguard freedom of speech

Written by Franca Umasoye Igwe

28 August 2023

If adopted, Tajikistan’s draft law on bloggers will do more harm than good

Journalists and bloggers fear the bill will have cumbersome restrictions

Written by Nurbek Bekmurzaev

28 August 2023

‘Stop the dump’: Pacific communities protest Japan’s release of treated nuclear water

Scientists monitoring the process say it is safe

Written by Mong Palatino

27 August 2023

Michael Anthony, Trinidad & Tobago's ‘oldest living writer’ who vividly captured Caribbean life, dies at 93

'His work becomes more and more relevant every day'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

25 August 2023

PhD student from Gabon killed in Russia's fourth largest city

The history of racism in the USSR and Russia is long and complicated

Written by Daria Dergacheva

25 August 2023

Writer suffers threats and intimidation in Mozambique after book publication

The word 'comrade' in the title evoked the attacks

Written by Global Voices Lusofonia

Translated by Giovana Fleck

25 August 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash. Did Russians know who he was?

For every supporter in Russia, more than two people oppose him

Written by Russia Post

25 August 2023

Did the Myanmar junta build the ‘world’s biggest Buddha statue’ to whitewash its crimes?

Authorities will begin collecting fees from pilgrims in September

Written by Mong Palatino

25 August 2023

Unsustainable living in uptown Kingston, Jamaica

Can our already fragile environment support such heavy developments?

Written by Emma Lewis

25 August 2023

Kyrgyzstan's national game, kok-boru, continues to attract new fans around the world

Kok-boru appeared on a Netflix show about unique traditional games

Written by Nurbek Bekmurzaev

24 August 2023

Christian community comes under attack in Pakistan once again

The state is failing to provide protection to its minorities

Written by R Umaima Ahmed

23 August 2023

How Turkey’s opposition elite enabled Erdoğan and misled voters

Public intellectuals' unwillingness to own faults entrenches Erdogan's rule

Written by Sinan Ciddi

23 August 2023

China is on the precipice of its own major financial crisis

China's home buyers are losing confidence in the property market

Written by Oiwan Lam

23 August 2023

Morocco's Amazigh pursue civic presence through linguistic rights

Amazigh's post-recognition journey in linguistic rights in Morocco

Written by جلوبال فويسز

Translated by Honey Hashem, Mariam A.

22 August 2023

Barbados ramps up efforts to protect scarce water resources

Barbados' karst landscape means few above-ground streams and rivers

Written by Cari-Bois News

22 August 2023

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