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6 days ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Adesewa Olofinko |Mariela Arnst |Filip Noubel |Jean de Dieu SOVON
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que revisaste la etiqueta de un alimento antes de darle un bocado? Si eres como la mayoría de las personas en África occidental, la respuesta probablemente sea casi nunca, o solo cuando algo parece sospechoso. No es de extrañar que palabras como “fortificación” y “etiqueta de alimentos” suenen más a una clase de química de colegio que a una preocupación cotidiana.
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2 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Adesewa Olofinko |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Cecilia Maundu
When was the last time you checked a food label before taking a bite? If you’re like most people in West Africa, the answer might be rarely — or only when something looks suspicious. It’s no surprise that the words “fortification” and “food labels” sound more like something from a high school chemistry class than an everyday concern. In the bustling markets of Lagos and across Africa, food choices and not by micronutrient content or ingredient lists.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Mong Palatino |Adesewa Olofinko
The crackdown on press freedom since the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in 2020 has led to an exodus of hundreds of media workers. Many have established independent media outlets overseas to report on politically sensitive news and connect the scattered diaspora communities. While these exile media outlets have the freedom to amplify critical voices, they are still threatened by transnational political harassment.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Adesewa Olofinko |Zhaoyin Feng |Hasya Nindita
American scholar Paul Wesley Chambers is facing prosecution in Thailand for allegedly insulting the monarchy and violating the country's cybercrime laws. Academics and human rights advocates widely condemned his indictment and warned against the continued weaponization of laws to stifle critical views. Chambers, who has been living in Thailand for three decades, is a faculty member of Naresuan University, where he lectures on civil-military relations in Southeast Asia.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Adesewa Olofinko |Zhaoyin Feng |Hasya Nindita |Jean de Dieu SOVON
This report was written by Kelly Ho and published in the Hong Kong Free Press on April 15, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement. Hong Kong’s education minister said that schools are on the “frontline” of preventing the spread of “soft resistance,” as students may develop “extreme, biased” values due to online rumours.
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3 weeks ago | 
globalvoices.org | Adesewa Olofinko |Zhaoyin Feng |Hasya Nindita |Jean de Dieu SOVON
In the current trade conflict between the US and China, the most misunderstood player isn’t China or the US — it’s Africa. And that’s no coincidence. Too often, the continent is treated as a pawn in global power games, rather than a collection of 55 member states navigating layered and often competing interests. What began as a tariff spat driven by US President Donald Trump has evolved into something far more consequential.
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4 weeks ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Pamela Ephraim |Mariela Arnst |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Adesewa Olofinko
En Nigeria, donde las mujeres constituyen la mitad de una población de 237,5 millones de personas, se estima que 23 millones de emprendedoras representan el 41% de los microempresarios del país. Esto sitúa a la nación de África Occidental entre los países con las tasas más altas de emprendimiento de mujeres a nivel mundial.
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1 month ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Adesewa Olofinko |Carlos Gomez |Carlos Gómez |Arzu Geybullayeva |Mariela Arnst
En febrero de 2025, la senadora nigeriana Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan acusó de acoso sexual al presidente del senado Godswill Akpabio. La congresista afirmó que Akpabio la abordó de manera inapropiada, una acusación muy seria que captó la atención del país. En respuesta, el Comité de Ética del Senado desestimó su denuncia por violaciones al código de procedimientos y recomendó suspenderla.
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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Adesewa Olofinko |Kanav Narayan Sahgal
This article by Anicet Kimonyo was originally published by Peace News Network on February 6, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices part of a media partnership agreement. For several years, the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has plunged millions of people into despair. Families deprived of their homes and livelihoods often wander in search of refuge, not knowing what tomorrow will bring.
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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Adesewa Olofinko |Subhashish Panigrahi |Kanav Narayan Sahgal
Since February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU) has had a new chairperson of the AU Commission, Mahmoud (sometimes spelled Mahamoud) Ali Youssouf. Given this continent’s considerable tensions and armed conflicts, the task ahead will be no mean feat. The AU Commission is the secretariat overseeing the daily running of this institution of 55 countries and over 1.5 billion citizens.
