By Oiwan Lam
Global Voices conducted a face-to-face interview with a local LGBTQ+ activist, Peregrine (a pseudonym), who discussed the challenges they faced, their survival strategies, and their hopes for the future.
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By Rohan McWilliam, Professor of Modern British History, Anglia Ruskin University
On the gloriously sunny morning of July 5 2024, Keir Starmer walked into Downing Steet as prime minister for the first time, having won a stonking 174-strong majority in the general election the day before. On a similarly warm morning a little less than two years later, he has been forced to stand outside Number 10 and announce his resignation. How did it come to this?
The resignation speech, marked with pathos and dignity, was particularly surprising because, as the prime minister made clear,…
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By Stacy Olive Jarvis, PhD Candidate in in Musicology, University of Birmingham
Dragons may be fictional, but the struggle for the throne, influence and legitimacy in House of the Dragons has roots in conflicts that shaped real history.
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By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
In President Donald Trump’s public language, Congress rarely appears as a coequal branch of government. It appears as an obstacle, an audience, a pressure point, a rubber stamp or an afterthought.
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By Derek Yu, Professor, Economics, University of the Western Cape
Christie Swanepoel, Senior lecturer, University of the Western Cape
Rochelle Beukes, Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
Ronald Arendse, Lecturer, University of the Western Cape
Shaun Pather, Professor, Department of Information Systems
Postgraduate education is good for a country. Thriving economies need people with advanced academic degrees to enhance research productivity. Research and innovation capability have a positive impact on the competitiveness of a country.
The South African government has developed an extensive financial support programme for undergraduate (first degree) education in the form of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). However,…
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By Bekalu Wachiso Gichamo, Lecturer in Peace and Security Studies & Senior Researcher, Wolkite University
Ethiopia’s Oromo people have an indigenous philosophy known as Namummaa, or “humanness”, which places relationships and peace at the centre of social life. The Oromo are Ethiopia’s most populous ethnic group, making up about 38% of the country’s population of 105 million people. Most live in Oromia, a region that covers about a third of Ethiopia’s land area. Oromia is a political…
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By Girma Yimer Ebrahim, Researcher in Hydrogeology and Water Resources, International Water Management Institute
A new continent-wide map is helping identify where Africa’s groundwater can support drinking water and irrigation. Monitoring boreholes tracks aquifer health.
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By Vincent Hare, Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
Scientists have extracted atoms from eggshells that are 15 million years old which reveal how plants responded to high levels of carbon dioxide.
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By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Inderjeet Parmar, Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
When it was signed at the end of the G7 summit on June 17, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough. By reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing sanctions and launching a 60-day negotiating process, it felt like a positive step on the road to ending a conflict that has threatened regional stability and the global economy.
Yet the past weekend’s events have exposed the agreement’s fragility. While US and Iranian negotiators reported progress in the first round of…
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By Kristy Timmons, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education, Queen's University, Ontario
Pamela Beach, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Ontario
If your child is starting Ontario kindergarten in September, you have likely come across the headlines over the past year and a half about the “new kindergarten curriculum.”
The province first announced this revised curriculum in January 2024, titling its announcement “Ontario…
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