Bangladesh's Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus's state visit to China, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping, reaffirmed economic ties.

After so many failed attempts by the U.S. to purchase Greenland over the past 150 years, what makes Trump believe that he ...

Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres said decarbonisation of the global economy is by now irreversible with or without ...

The Trump administration’s ground-rules are dangerously clear—and devastating. If you are a pro-Palestinian demonstrator, denouncing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, you are either a supporter of the ...

In Malawi, being a forest guard isn’t a glamorous, sought-after job but recently it has become an increasingly perilous occupation.

CIVICUS discusses recent protests in Serbia with Alma Mustajbašić, researcher at Civic Initiatives, a Serbian civil society organisation that advocates for democracy, human rights and citizen ...

This year’s session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), the world’s leading forum for advancing gender equality, confronted unprecedented challenges. With Saudi Arabia in ...

Southeast Asia’s major economies have made major strides over the last couple of decades. The largest have seen income per ...

A group of smallholder farmers in Mali have turned to the courts to try to recover land they say they have lost to big private investors. The legal action comes as foreign investors are losing ...

At 32, Nalluri Poshani looks like an old woman. Squatting on the floor amidst piles of tobacco and tree leaves that she expertly transforms into ‘beedis’, a local cigarette, she tells IPS, “I feel ...

Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar victory for her supporting performance in the critically acclaimed film “12 Years a Slave” has raised hopes of a much-needed boost to Kenya’s fledgling entertainment industry.