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from CIVICUS Friday December 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office CIVICUS discusses Generation Z-led protests in Bulgaria with Zahari Iankov, senior legal expert at the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law, a civil society organization that advocates for participation and human rights. Zahari Jankov Bulgaria has recently experienced its largest protests since the 1990s, largely driven by young […]
Samuel Ndungu works on his farm in Githunguri, Kenya. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Githunguri, Kenya) Wednesday December 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office GITHUNGURI, Kenya, Dec 24 (IPS) – For the past two years, Samuel Ndungu, a smallholder farmer, has been growing and supplying organic food to the local market in Githunguri, just […]
Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (Toronto, Canada) Monday December 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 (IPS) – Our traditional ‘year-end’ typically begins with a grim litany of global disasters and crises from the past twelve months, highlights IPS partners and contributors and culminates in a more positive-sounding finale. This time I want to […]
from CIVICUS Friday December 19, 2025 Inter-Press Office CIVICUS discusses climate displacement and Tuvalu’s future with Kiali Molu, a former official at Tuvalu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and currently a PhD candidate at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji and the University of Bergen in Norway. His research focuses on state sovereignty and […]
Credit: Annegret Hilse/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by inés m. pousadela (Montevideo, Uruguay) Wednesday December 17, 2025 Inter-Press Office MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec 17 (IPS) – Machines without a conscience make split-second decisions about who lives and who dies. This isn’t dystopian fiction; it is today’s reality. In Gaza, algorithms have generated killing lists of up […]
Sahrawi refugees walk near the Awserd refugee camp in Algeria’s Tindouf province. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Umar Manzoor Shah (Srinagar, India) Tuesday December 16, 2025 Inter-Press Office SRINAGAR, India, Dec 16 (IPS) – The global refugee system is entering a period of great tension. The delivery of protection and aid is undergoing a transformation […]
Nickson Zhuwayo, a Grade 7 student at Manyoshwa Primary School in Seke, Zimbabwe, uses this lantern to read and do his homework at home. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (like, Zimbabwe) Friday December 5, 2025 Inter-Press Office SEKE, Zimbabwe, Dec 5 (IPS) – When Monica Ben goes home after school, she takes […]
Canru Pataxo with his son during the People’s March for Climate in the COP30 host city of Belém, Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Saturday November 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 15 (IPS) – In the scorching heat and humidity, Canru Pataxo marched with his one-year-old son held tightly in […]
Melody Areola from Nigeria leads a protest at COP30 in Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office Activists come from different parts of the world, but consistently deliver the same message: the foundation of a just transition cannot be based on lies and false solutions. BELÉM, Brazil, […]
Activists urge the global community to join the blue river in support of conservation and conservation of the environment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office We have seen stalled climate action, rising inequality and people being left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work […]
