The statistics are stark: 54 governments, of which 25 are African, are spending at least 10% of their revenues on servicing ...

In 2017, South African activist Nonhle Mbuthuma took a stand against the powerful oil giant Shell, halting their plans to ...

CIVICUS discusses the upcoming election of new members of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council with Madeleine ...

In a context of shrinking civic space that threatens civil society participation in an increasing number of countries and all ...

When the “founding fathers” –regrettably, no “founding mothers”—created the United Nations 79 years ago, one of the biggest ...

Graduate students of the London School of Economics and Political Science gathered at Kenya’s coast in September 2018, where the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and ...

Democracy is as much a process as a goal. For the ideal of Democracy to be enjoyed by everyone, it requires participation and ...

Food security in sub-Saharan Africa is under threat. The ability of many Africans to access sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs has been disrupted by successive natural ...

Understanding the scale and intensity of the COVID-19 virus and its emerging variants, predicting the pandemic’s direction, and developing and refining associated management response options are ...

I listened to a Haitian farmer share solutions with neighbouring water users on how best to allocate scarce water resources. I learned about the resolution of inter-village water conflicts after ...

As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. I have met communities displaced by floods in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. I have spoken to farmers from Northern ...

It was nine in the morning when the shell landed in front of nine-year-old Hella al-Abtah's house in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. Hella survived the initial blast but was ...