By Tilman Brück, Professor of Economic Development and Food Security, Humboldt University of Berlin
Karen Devries, Professor of Social Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marcella Vigneri, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Olusegun Fadare, Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Greenwich
Vegard Iversen, Professor of Development Economics and Head of Livelihoods & Institutions Department at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich
A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.
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By Zoe Duby, Socio-behavioural public health researcher, South African Medical Research Council
Kate Bergh, Senior Scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Alcohol use among adolescent girls and young women cannot be separated from transactional sex, coercion and violence in high HIV-burden settings.
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By Geoffrey Howarth, Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
Some of the most extraordinary gems ever found belong to a rare class of diamonds known as CLIPPIRs (Cullinan-like, Large, Inclusion-Poor, Pure, Irregular, Resorbed). They make up less than 1% of all diamonds on Earth, and include three of the largest diamonds ever recovered, the Cullinan, at 3,106 carats, found at the Premier mine in South Africa; the 1,111 ct Lesedi…
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By Peace News
People whose immediate family had been killed by al-Shabaab were measurably less willing to accept defectors, a reminder that reconciliation has to compete with real grief and fear.
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
“Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”
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By José Kaire, Prrofessor of Political Science, Arizona State University
The current state of democracy in the world is fragile. According to the V-Dem Project, which measures global democracy, 41% of the world’s population live in autocratizing countries — that is, those becoming more authoritarian.
In fact, a “third wave of autocratization” has seen democracy pushed back to levels not seen since 1978, the authors of the 2026 V-Dem report conclude. Worse, many of the 92 autocracies around the world are becoming more repressive.
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By Amnesty International
Following the Portuguese Parliament’s approval of a law banning face coverings in public spaces, the Executive Director of Amnesty International – Portugal, João Godinho Martins, said: “This new law is discriminatory and is a threat to human rights. Despite having removed direct references to Islam, which were a part of previous versions of the text, this […] The post Portugal: Blanket ban on face coverings threatens several human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Victims’ families and activists gather outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague to demand justice for the thousands of people killed during the abusive “drug war” of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, February 23, 2026. © 2026 Liona Li/TMHK via Nexpher Images/Sipa USA via AP Photo On July 17, 1998, countries around the world adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day now recognized as International Justice Day. The ICC is the court of last resort for victims seeking justice for the most serious crimes in…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People congregate outside a World Food Programme food distribution center in Yakawlang, Bamyan province, Afghanistan, January 1, 2026. © 2026 Sayed Hassib/Reuters A man in western Afghanistan recently told me that his neighbors knock on his door to ask for food. A man in the capital, Kabul, said, “I can no longer feed my children properly,” and described how the rising cost of food was affecting him and his family. Such stories are becoming increasingly common in Afghanistan, where millions are being impacted by a looming hunger crisis.According to the United…
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By La Vida de Nos
After Venezuela’s earthquakes, families searched for missing children within a strained protection system that struggled to respond amid collapsed buildings, scarce resources, and institutional gaps.
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