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ETHIOPIA: ‘Reporting on Abuses Shouldn’t Be Treated as a Threat to National Interest’

CIVICUS discusses renewed conflict and a growing crackdown on independent media in Ethiopia with Yonas Kedir, Editor-in-Chief of the independent...

African Farmers Demand Affordable Finance as Governments Fall Short on Funding

KIGALI, September 16 (IPS) - Agriculture remains underfunded in Africa as governments struggle to deliver on decades-old promises to dedicate...

One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali

UNITED NATIONS, September 16 (IPS) - In Mali, an estimated nine out of ten women and girls have undergone female...

What’s Special About Negotiating Agreements for Mining Critical Minerals?

“Critical minerals” are critical in the eyes of firms and governments in industrialized countries because they are indispensable for products...

Transnational Repression: A World Without Refuge

On 24 August, I took part in a human rights conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Days before it opened, the...