5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (575+ words) In the major cities of Central Sahel countries, such as Niamey in Niger, Bamako in Mali, and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, an alarming phenomenon of child begging has become an everyday reality. Often dressed in rags with a bowl in…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1067+ words) The saiga antelopes in the steppe. Screenshot from the video " " " ()" from "! You Tube channel. Fair use. Fields are being destroyed [by saiga herds], livestock are losing pastures, and the dangerously growing saiga population could paralyze agricultural activity. In the first…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (935+ words) A road in Casablanca, Morocco. Morocco could play a leading role in Africa's electric vehicle transition. Image from Wikimedia Commons. License CC BY 3. 0. This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1760+ words) This report was written by Irene Chan and published in Hong Kong Free Press on May 25, 2025. The following edited version is published as part of a content partnership agreement with Global Voices. Peter, a refugee in Hong Kong, fled political…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (798+ words) A nurse prepares to administer a vaccine dose in Ghana, 2021. Image by World Health Organization, CC BY-SA 3. 0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons. Africa consumes nearly 25 percent of all globally produced vaccines. Annually, more than 100 major disease outbreaks take place on the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (636+ words) Art depicting protection and care for children. Image via Wikimedia Commons by Sumita Roy Dutta. CC BY-SA 4. 0. India has enacted strong child protection laws over the past decade, including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, which criminalises…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (355+ words) Similarly, a December 2023 study conducted by the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that, in one Jamaican parish, only 20 percent of residents across 43 communities believed the police could be trusted. Police…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (777+ words) Collage made by Global Voices using Canva Pro. From left to right: Annabella Az'n, member-elect of the National Assembly of Ecuador and mother of Daniel Noboa. Daniel Noboa, President-elect of Ecuador, and Lavinia Valbonesi, First Lady of Ecuador. On April…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (384+ words) The "Sabar Bonda" (Cactus Pears) team at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards. Image via Wikimedia Commons by Bryan Berlin. CC BY-SA 4. 0. Writing for the minority, former Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud observed: The discussion in this segment has not scratched…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (654+ words) globalvoices. org Image by Sabeen Yameen for APC, used with permission. This article is part of the series "Don't ask AI, ask a peer," a collaboration among Global Voices, the Association for Progressive Communication, and Gender IT. The series aims…...