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Achieving the 10-10-10 HIV Targets by 2025
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Around the world countries are taking powerful steps to protect people’s rights, dignity, and health. Dominica and Namibia became the most recent to decriminalize same-sex relations. South Africa made strides towards decriminalizing sex work.
Kanak Political Grievances Are Fed by Deep Inequality in New Caledonia
- Inter Press Service
NOUMEA, New Caledonia, Jul 25 (IPS) - New Caledonia, a French overseas territory of about 290,000 people in the southwest Pacific, is facing a challenging recovery from weeks of civil unrest that erupted in mid-May, leaving an aftermath of destruction and political turmoil.
USA: ‘The Stakes in the 2024 Election Are Incredibly High for the Fate of US Democracy’
- Inter Press Service
Jul 25 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity and its potential impact on the 5 November presidential election with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law.
This Time is Different for Fiscal Policy – Ageing Proceeds Fast
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 25 (IPS) - Several Asia-Pacific countries are ageing fast. This transition is neither unique nor limited to the region -- it is a global megatrend. However, this time it is different. Why? Because ageing proceeds quite fast.
How African Governments Can Lead the Way on Ending Child Marriage
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 (IPS) - Thandi*a 14-year-old girl from Malawi, is both a child and a mother. After she and her siblings were orphaned, they were left in the care of their grandmother, who struggled to provide for them.
African Diaspora To Drive Continent’s Development Ambitions
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jul 24 (IPS) - As the African diaspora continues its growth, agencies are seeking ways to tap into this vast demographic to help with the continent's development.
Southern African Drought: Extreme Hardship, Hopefully Only in the Short Term
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jul 23 (IPS) - Heading into the traditional dry period of winter in southern Africa, there was significant consternation due to the drastically below average rainfall the region has been experiencing since January 2024.
Kenya’s Protests: More than a Question of Tax
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 23 (IPS) - Kenya’s President William Ruto has withdrawn the tax-increasing Finance Bill that sparked mass protests. He has sacked his cabinet and the head of the police has resigned. But the anger many feel hasn’t gone away, and protests continue.
The protests have brought Kenya’s Gen Z onto the political stage, with young people – over 65 per cent of the population – at the forefront. Since the protests began, they’ve made full use of social media to share views, explain the impact of proposed changes, organise protests and raise funds to help those injured or arrested.
Protests Over Bangladesh Quota System Escalate to Violence, Information Blackouts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - Student protests over the Bangladesh government’s recruitment system have escalated into violent retaliation from the police and the leading party’s student wing.
Iconic Image Makes Trump the Ultimate Hero
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Republican Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance and other speakers at the GOP Convention gleefully referenced the party’s latest icon: a wounded Donald Trump with blood on his face raising his fist in defiance beneath Old Glory’s stars and stripes.
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