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2 days ago | 
es.globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Marta Vaquero |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Brian Hioe
La nueva política del gobierno de Trump de suspender la entrega de visas a los estudiantes extranjeros que quieren ir a Estados Unidos para seguir estudios en ese país no ha dejado fuera a los estudiantes de los países de África, como Togo. El 27 de mayo de 2025, el anuncio cayó como un baldazo de agua fría a los estudiantes que se preparaban para ir a Estados Unidos para estudiar. Marco Rubio, secretario de Estado estadounidense, ordenó suspender la emisión de visas para estudiantes extranjeros.
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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Luís Gustavo Carmo |Fernanda Canofre |Arzu Geybulla
While there is no comprehensive data on the number of journalists and newsrooms currently operating in exile, the Thomson Reuters Foundation notes that “thousands of journalists worldwide are forced to work from exile due to political repression and restrictions in their home countries.” From Russia and Turkey to Iran, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Belarus, and beyond, stories of entire newsrooms and independent reporters being driven into exile have echoed across international media.
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1 month 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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1 month ago | 
globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Oiwan Lam |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Nurbek Bekmurzaev
Filipinos are mourning the death of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, at the age of 88, in the Vatican. Pope Francis was from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was renowned for bringing progressive change to the Catholic church, advocating for peace and environmental protections, promoting interfaith dialogue, speaking out against capitalism and war, and for being a champion for the poor.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Brian Hioe |Zita Zage |Arzu Geybulla
This article was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. Georgia's political landscape remains in crisis as mass protests continue in the face of ongoing political turmoil, while the ruling Georgian Dream party presses on with its repressive agenda despite mounting opposition both at home and abroad.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Vivian Wu |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Brian Hioe
Following the discovery of significant oil reserves at the Agadem site in northeastern Niger, Niger and Benin agreed to build a pipeline to facilitate the transport of crude oil from the Agadem oil site to the port of Seme Kpodji in southern Benin in early 2020. By the end of 2023, the 1,980-kilometer pipeline, with nine reservoir stations along the route, was completed.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Brian Hioe |Oiwan Lam |Arzu Geybulla
The news of a young girl giving birth in the city of Aghjabedi in Azerbaijan is the most recent harrowing example of a lack of protection mechanisms for underage girls, and persisting negligence by authorities to address the issue of early marriages and underage birth. This time, at the heart of the story that has sent shockwaves across the society, is a 15-year-old girl whose “husband” got away with statutory rape when she was just 13.
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2 months ago | 
globalvoices.org | Ana Maria Dima |Marius Stan |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Giovana Fleck
This article was originally published in the online magazine Baikal People. Global Voices is republishing a translated and edited version, with permission. In February 2024, after a four-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea reopened its borders to tourists from Russia. Over the course of a year, about 1,500 people visited the country. A group of tourists from other countries were allowed for a visit in February 2025 but were once again denied entry in March 2025.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
es.globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Mariela Arnst |Nurbek Bekmurzaev |Janine Mendes-Franco
Este artículo de Katembo Mbuto se publicó originalmente en IciCongo. Global Voices lo reproduce en virtud de un acuerdo para compartir contenido. En el lago Eduardo, uno de los principales de África, la escasez de peces pone en grave peligro a los pescadores: se convierten en presa de cocodrilos que se alimentan de esos peces.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
globalvoices.org | Nurbek Bekmurzaev
In 2024, residents of Khanibodom, a small town in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd province, lived under constant fear of being murdered in their own houses. A total of seven incidents took place throughout the year when a group of criminals murdered and robbed entire families and attempted to stage them as family conflicts. On December 21, shortly after two new cases, authorities announced arresting four suspects, but the residents were not yet relieved.
