Category: World
Navy retiring USS Fort Worth halfway through lifespan
This week, the Navy retired a littoral combat ship only halfway through its lifespan.The USS Fort Worth, a surface combatant ship which cost…
East Asia and Pacific Faces a USD 900 Billion Maritime Investment Challenge
East Asia and the Pacific’s (EAP) maritime system has powered the region’s rise as the world’s largest trading and manufacturing center, but the…
ARMENIA: ‘Anti-LGBTQI+ Discourse Is Increasingly Tied to Anti-democratic Narratives’
CIVICUS discusses disinformation campaigns targeting the LGBTQI+ community in Armenia with Hripsime Kizogyan, Executive Director of Pink Armenia, a community-based organisation that…
US Casualty Figures Keep Fluctuating in War with Iran
An age-old axiom in Statistics reads : Figures Cannot Lie, But Liars Can Figure. And more so, in military conflicts, including the five-month-old…
Trouble in Paris? There’s a Gaullist cure for that American hubris
Last month, as world leaders prepared to gather in France for the G7 Summit, French officials had Donald Trump on the mind.Using its…
Will naming, shaming & sanctioning terror in Sudan stop bloodshed?
In June, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Preventing External Aggression and Conflict Escalation (PEACE) in Sudan Act of 2026. In the…
Party elites so blind they can’t see their base turning against the war
Last week, only four House Republicans voted with 210 Democrats to pass a war powers resolution to end the U.S. war with Iran.That…
Dual Crises in Eastern DRC as Ebola Surges and Hunger Deepens
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, with United Nations officials warning that hunger is actively…
From the Foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, Magnolia Athletics Camp Is Helping Girls Stay in School, Pursue Athletics and Escape the Pressures of Harmful Traditional Practices
Before sunrise each morning, 19-year-old Josephine Sembeyo joins dozens of teenage runners leaving Magnolia Athletics Camp for training beneath the shadow of Mount…
Financing Africa’s Digital Future: Institutions Push for Smarter, Coordinated Funding
Africa’s digital revolution is gathering pace, but the financing needed to sustain it remains uneven, fragmented, and often out of reach. To bridge…
