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We are a global community of over 1,400 volunteers, including writers, analysts, media specialists, and translators, working together without borders. Since 2005, Global Voices has been at the forefront of citizen media reporting. We gather, confirm, and translate the trending news and stories that may be overlooked online, sourcing content from blogs, independent media, and social networks across 167 countries. Many fascinating and significant stories are not found in just one location; they are often spread out across the web in various formats, such as blog entries and tweets, and in different languages. At Global Voices, we ensure these stories are accurately reported and translated into more than 35 languages.

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In Georgia, the space for dissent keeps shrinking

6 days ago | globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |María Alvarez Malvido |Georgia Popplewell |Arzu Geybulla

The detention of opposition politician Nika Melia on May 29, coupled with a wave of arbitrary entry bans and expulsions targeting activists, journalists, and even diplomats, paints a grim picture of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) government's intent to silence dissent and consolidate power. The country's sinking ranking on international freedom indexes underscores how the ruling government is drifting away from its former European aspirations.
Media groups call for repeal of Samoa’s defamation law

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino

Samoan and Pacific media groups have reiterated the demand to repeal Samoa’s defamation law after a senior journalist was slapped with a criminal charge over a report involving police officers. Talamua Online reporter Lagi Keresoma, who is also the head of the Journalists Association of Samoa (JAWS), was charged with defamation over a report about a former police officer accused of forging signatures in a loan application.
Land dispute escalates between palm oil company and Cameroon’s Apouh community

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Leocadia Bongben |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Janine Mendes-Franco

A long-standing land dispute has recently escalated between the agro-industrial company SOCAPALM (Société Camerounaise de Palmeraies), a subsidiary of the holding company Socfin, and the Indigenous Apouh à Ngog (Apouh) community in Cameroon’s Littoral region. This has reignited debates about the challenges of coexistence between local communities and agro-industrial companies. SOCAPALM has taken over 90 percent of the land, over 3,700 hectares, since the company took over in 2010.
From markets to villages, the peace caravan ignites unity and inclusion across The Gambia

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON

This article by Mohammed Ibrahim was originally published by Peace News Network on April 14, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a media partnership agreement. The Gambia, a West African nation surrounded entirely by Senegal, has recently seen a worrying rise in tribal divisions.
South Asian migrants are dying in Saudi FIFA worksites

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Jean de Dieu SOVON |Georgia Popplewell

This article was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. As US President Donald Trump was visiting Saudi Arabia from May 13–16 to sign deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, on May 14, 2025, the US-based human rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), published an investigation on the deaths of migrant workers in the country.
Turkey’s ruling party ramps up attacks on opposition-led Istanbul municipality · Global Voices

1 week ago | globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Arzu Geybulla

Image by Arzu Geybullayeva. Created using Canva Pro. In December 2024, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began a multi-pronged assault on the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) members and its democratically elected mayors. Chief among the targets was Ekrem İmamoğlu, the thrice-elected mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB).
V. Y. Mudimbe, Congolese philosopher, author of the renowned essay ‘The Invention of Africa’ dies at 83

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Filip Noubel |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Jean-Christophe Brunet |Brian Hioe

The Congolese philosopher and writer Valentin Yves Mudimbe passed away on April 22, aged 83. He leaves behind a seminal body of work contributing to the discourse on colonisation and African identities. His book “The Invention of Africa,” which he wrote in English, remains a classic that, to this day, continues to inspire new generations of researchers and readers. Mudimbe was born in 1941 in the Belgian Congo — today’s DRC.
The pipeline and the protest: Patience Nabukalu and the youth-led fight for climate justice in East Africa

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Jacob Weissman |Jean de Dieu SOVON |Brian Hioe

By Jacob WeissmanIn the heart of East Africa, where the fertile green of Uganda’s countryside meets the resilient spirit of its people, a battle is unfolding — not one of arms or armies, but of resistance, resilience, and voices refusing to be silenced. At the center of this struggle is Patience Nabukalu, a 27-year-old Ugandan climate activist, whose dedication to environmental justice has become a powerful symbol of youth-led resistance to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
25th journalist arrested in Azerbaijan in continuing government campaign

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Arzu Geybullayeva |Brian Hioe |Arzu Geybulla

Ulviyya Guliyeva, or Ulviyya Ali as she is known among her friends, is the 25th journalist to have been sent behind bars in Azerbaijan in a vicious assault on independent and opposition-aligned media that started in November 2023. The journalist, who reported for Voice of America until February this year, and is known for her coverage of rights violations, freedom of expression, and social injustice stories, anticipated her arrest.
Papua New Guinea radio host loses job after interviewing opposition leader

2 weeks ago | globalvoices.org | Mong Palatino |Kevin Rennie |Georgia Popplewell

The sudden termination of a prominent radio host from a state-owned media company in Papua New Guinea was described by media groups as a suppression of free speech. FM100 (Kalang Advertising Limited) host Cullighan Tanda was initially suspended for three weeks after he interviewed opposition politician Allan Bird, who is the governor of East Sepik in Papua New Guinea.