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A panel discussion kicks off the first Caribbean Civil Society Organizations (CSO) conference in Kingston, Jamaica. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (Kingston, Jamaica) Thursday March 5, 2026 Inter-Press Office KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 5 (IPS) – Civil society organizations from across the Caribbean gathered in Jamaica in February 2026 for a historic regional conference, with […]
from CIVICUS Monday February 16, 2026 Inter-Press Office CIVICUS discusses the recent protests in Iran with Sohrab Razaghi, executive director of Volunteer Activists, a Netherlands-based diaspora organization that empowers Iranian civil society. Sohrab Razaghi On December 28, protests sparked by economic grievances broke out across Iran, quickly developing into broader protests against the regime. The […]
Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Samuel King (Brussels, Belgium) Friday February 13, 2026 Inter-Press Office BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb 13 (IPS) – The latest World Economic Forum has highlighted the current crisis of multilateralism. More than sixty heads of state and eight hundred business leaders gathered in Davos under the theme ‘Spirit of […]
from CIVICUS Wednesday January 28, 2026 Inter-Press Office CIVICUS speaks to the Business and Human Rights Center (BHRC) about labor rights violations in Myanmar’s garment industry since the 2021 military coup. Myanmar’s garment sector, which employs hundreds of thousands of workers, is in deep crisis. Since the coup, labor protections have collapsed, independent unions have […]
Credit: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Monday January 26, 2026 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 26 (IPS) – When Ugandans went to the polls on January 15, there was no doubt about the outcome. As voting began, mobile internet services ground to a halt, ensuring minimal control as […]
Credit: Luc Gnago/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Tuesday January 20, 2026 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 20 (IPS) – In December, the dust settled on Guinea’s first presidential elections since the military took power in a 2021 coup. General Mamady Doumbouya remained in power after receiving 87 percent of […]
Opinion by Melek Zahine (Bordeaux, France) Monday January 12, 2026 Inter-Press Office BORDEAUX, France, Jan 12 (IPS) – Before providing military aid, deploying troops or dropping bombs, the United States lays the foundation for its political violence by first stripping its opponents of their humanity. Diplomacy is sidelined, legal restrictions are treated as inconveniences and […]
Opinion by Anis Chowdhury (dhaka, bangladesh) Thursday January 8, 2026 Inter-Press Office DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 8 (IPS) – As many of you know, I have been called in out of the blue to help the interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus stabilize the economy that is in ruins under the fallen autocratic-kleptocratic […]
Credit: Isabel Infantes/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (London) Tuesday December 30, 2025 Inter-Press Office LONDON, Dec 30 (IPS) – Satellite images showing corpses piled high in El Fasher, North Darfur, awaiting mass burial or cremation as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia tries to hide the extent of his crimes. Up to […]
Credit: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Saturday December 27, 2025 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 27 (IPS) – Hours before world leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 2025 G20 summit in November, hundreds of South African women in black spent 15 minutes in a city park – one for every […]
