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DELHI, India, June 25 (IPS) – Three years ago, during a mission to the Central African Republic from United Nations Headquarters, I met a woman whose story has remained with me ever since. She had survived rape during the conflict. Yet what stayed with her most was not only the violence she had suffered, but the stigma that followed it. When she returned home, her family refused to take her back. In a society where survivors of sexual violence are too often burdened with shame that rightfully belongs to perpetrators, she found herself isolated and struggling to rebuild her life. In that moment, it became painfully clear that for survivors, the violence does not end when the assault ends, it continues through stigma, exclusion, and the resulting silence for most.

Read the full story, “Beyond Commemoration: Why Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Demands Urgent Global Attention”, on globalissues.org →

DUMBOORNAGAR, India and SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 24 (IPS) – At dawn, when the waters of Dumboor Lake lie still under a pale grey sky, Santo Chakma, 63, nudges his narrow wooden boat into a reservoir that swallowed his childhood.

Read the full story, “New GEF Project Raises Hope for Change in India’s Indigenous Lake Community”, on globalissues.org →

CIVICUS speaks about the climate impacts of the 2026 World Cup with Frank Huisingh, founder of Fossil Free Football, a fan-led group that campaigns to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football and make the game more sustainable.

Read the full story, “WORLD CUP: ‘FIFA Has Placed Itself on the Side of the Polluters, Not the Rest of the Planet’”, on globalissues.org →

SRINIGAR, India & PARIS, June 23 (IPS) – As the world enters the final years before the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a latest United Nations report has revealed that economic uncertainty, climate change, conflict and growing geopolitical tensions are causing hurdles for the countries to meet the targets.

Read the full story, “‘The World Knows What Must Be Done’: New SDG Report Urges End to Wars and Greater Investment in People”, on globalissues.org →

VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 22 (IPS) – Now that the lights have dimmed in Mombasa and the delegations have gone home, a simple but necessary question remains: did the first Our Ocean Conference on African soil truly move the world from promises to protection? The conference was indeed the first held in Africa, under the theme “Our Ocean, Our Heritage, Our Future,” with a stated focus on culture, communities, livelihoods, marine protection, climate resilience and sustainable blue economies.

Read the full story, “Our Ocean Conference: After Mombasa – Will Africa and the World Make Ocean Promises Real?”, on globalissues.org →

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) – Nearly nine years after the violent persecution of the Rohingya minority population in Myanmar and the following mass exodus of refugees, over 1.2 million Rohingya currently reside in neighbouring Bangladesh, where they face immense challenges. With the United Nations (UN) recording significant shortfalls in global humanitarian funding, alongside Bangladesh’s diminishing ability to support these populations, experts warn of a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Read the full story, “Dwindling Humanitarian Aid Devastates the Rohingyas in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp”, on globalissues.org →

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) – When Egypt’s onetime Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali was running for the post of U.N. Secretary-General in late 1991, he had to contend with the rival candidature of Bernard Chidzero, then foreign minister of Zimbabwe.

Read the full story, “A UN Secretary-General who Defied the US– and Suffered a Backlash”, on globalissues.org →

The UN Security Council has expressed alarm over reports of substantial military reinforcements by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) around El Obeid in Sudan, warning of the risk of a potential ground offensive on the city.

Read the full story, “Sudan: Security Council warns of mass atrocity risk in El Obeid”, on globalissues.org →

LONDON, June 19 (IPS) – When performance artist Sammu Chen tried to tie a red thread to a streetpost, plainclothes police stopped him before he could finish. Chen has twice been detained for his symbolic acts of commemoration of the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, when Chinese authorities killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, to crush democracy protests.

Read the full story, “Hong Kong: No Safety in Exile”, on globalissues.org →

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , June 19 (IPS) – Long burdened by the labour-intensive nature of agriculture, Zimbabwe’s female farmers are finding relief in new agritechnologies that significantly reduce the time they spend in the field.

Read the full story, “How AgricTech Cuts Labour for Zimbabwe’s Female Farmers”, on globalissues.org →