Pamela Ephraim

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.

4 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Emma Lewis |Pamela Ephraim |Arzu Geybulla

Ever since March 19, when Istanbul's popular mayor and main opposition party's presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was first detained, then arrested, on bogus corruption and terrorism charges, Turkey has been rocked by mass protests. While the demography of protesters spans across all age groups and professions, university students have been at the forefront.

4 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Olivia Losbar |Emma Lewis |Janine Mendes-Franco |Pamela Ephraim

It's a farming model inherited from the colonial period and neglected for years, but is now enjoying a certain revival – the “Creole garden,” a traditional home garden that produces staple foods for families. Banana trees, tubers such as yams and manioc, fruit trees like avocado and mango, and medicinal and aromatic plants all cohabit in a harmonious ecosystem; any surpluses are shared with relatives and neighbours.

4 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Oiwan Lam |Janine Mendes-Franco |Pamela Ephraim |Filip Noubel

This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. On March 19, 2025, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained along with around 105 other municipal officials and politicians on the alleged crimes of corruption and aiding a terrorist organisation, in what Human Rights Watch has called an attempt to suppress legitimate political engagement.

1 month ago | globalvoices.org | Pamela Ephraim |Mohamed Mohamud |Mong Palatino |Filip Noubel

On April 9, Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) barred radio and television stations in the country from airing a new trending song, “Tell Your Papa,” by rapper Eedris Abdulkareem, citing its “objectionable nature.” The Afrobeat song, which was released on April 6, has its lyrics in Nigerian Pidgin English and Yoruba and is directed at Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Tinubu, calling on him to “tell his papa” of the worsening socio-economic conditions in Nigeria and also...