May 20, 2022
Africa: Youth Demand a Voice in Call-to-Action On Child Labour
Ashley has vast work experience. She has laboured by the sweat of her brow in the blistering sun on the streets of Guatemala, in the open fields on farmlands and indoors, toiling… Read more »
May 17, 2022
Africa: Child Labour - No Quick End to Children Trapped in Tobacco Production
Despite World Day Against Child Labour launched in 2002 by the International Labour Organization (ILO), little has changed over the past two decades for the millions of children… Read more »
Africa: From Child Laborer to Activist, Tara Banjara Asks World to Pledge to End the Scourge
Tara Banjara was four and a half years old when her parents put her to work on the roads, cleaning the garbage and rubble out of potholes to prepare for construction in Nemdi… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Deforestation in the Congo Basin Will Lead to Poverty
Growing up amid under the leafy canopy of the Congo Basin rainforest, the woodland was more than our home. It was our playground, our medicine cabinet, our teacher, our therapist.… Read more »
Africa: Ukraine War Creates New Crises in Global South
While the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is shaking up the European security order, other parts of the world are being particularly affected by the war's 'side effects'. Read more »
August 05, 2014
Africa: Activists Urge Obama to Act On Extractive Industries Law
As the three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit got underway here Monday, anti-corruption activists urged President Barack Obama to prod a key U.S. agency to issue long-awaited… Read more »