Global Voices

By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Mar 23 2026 (IPS) When the 11th Our Ocean Conference opens in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya, from June 16-18, 2026, it will mark the first time this influential meeting has been held on African soil....

This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 23 March 2026. L Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the reported assault on Albarka Radio journalist, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, by police officers over the weekend while he...

This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 19 March 2026. Resolution calls on states to investigate and remedy attacks on journalists covering environmental harm and climate impact The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the African Commission on Human...

We won’t stop environmental destruction unless we can bring an end to war. Rick Steiner is a conservation biologist in Anchorage and a retired professor of marine conservation with the University of Alaska. As founder of Oasis Earth, he has worked...

Dropping sexual abuse and rape charges against Israeli soldiers proves that the Israeli legal system will never hold Israelis to account for their war crimes against Palestinians. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, was recently...

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 12 March 2026. The Gambia Press Union (GPU) notes with concern the news of the arrest of the Editor of Jollof News Online , Momodou Justice Darboe, on...

Like Apartheid South Africa, Zionist Israel may be ending in an orgy of violence in all directions. Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His forthcoming...

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 17 March 2026. Since 10 January 2025, journalist Melvin Tejan Mansaray, a respected specialist in parliamentary affairs in Sierra Leone, has been barred from entering Parliament simply for criticising MPs on...

This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 20 March 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South African authorities to act swiftly on a criminal case of assault, robbery, intimidation, and malicious damage to the property of...

Most people know Chuck Norris, who died on Friday at age 86, as the inspiration for Chuck Norris Facts — the handle for a thousand jokes about his supposed fearsomeness and indestructability. But jokes aside, the karate champion turned actor was...

The death cult in West Asia strikes South Pars, part of the world’s largest gas field, shared with Qatar’s North Dome. Then it strikes Natanz nuclear power station. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us:...

In its recent airstrikes in Kabul, Pakistan reportedly targeted a drug rehabilitation center, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of patients. The United Nations and the World Health Organization have called for an investigation into the attack...

Human Rights Watch is accusing Israeli forces of carrying out war crimes in southern Lebanon in its intensified military campaign there, ongoing since early March, following the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The NGO said the Israeli...

Saudi Arabia has sharply increased crude oil shipments through its Red Sea infrastructure, as Iran's blockade on the Strait of Hormuz forces major producers to reroute exports, exposing new bottlenecks and risks across global energy markets. The kingdom,...

US President Donald Trump has said Washington and Tehran are moving closer to a potential agreement , claiming there are “major points of agreement” between the two sides, despite firm denials from Iran that any negotiations are taking place. Trump...

Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country's south, Israel's finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in the area in an escalating military...

Thousands of Muslims across South Africa have marked the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr festival in a sombre atmosphere, as the United States and Israel pursue a war on Muslim majority Iran, and Israeli...

A lobbying firm with close ties to senior figures in Donald Trump’s administration has signed a $2 million deal to represent Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces, according to reporting by...

France has reportedly proposed a plan to end Israel’s war on Lebanon that includes Lebanon’s recognition of Israel. The plan involves mutual steps by both countries to create the necessary conditions for peace along the border, particularly ending Hezbollah’s attacks...

The baby needed somewhere to go . So in the frantic hours before officers took her parents away to immigration detention, her mom turned to their pastor and his wife. As squad cars waited outside the family’s Lakeland, Florida, trailer...

The world’s population is currently at a record high of 8.3 billion and is expected to continue growing throughout the 21st century, significantly impacting planetary sustainability. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Mar 23 2026 (IPS) On planet Earth, world...

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer , a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for the Observer’s weekly newsletter , or follow it on Facebook , X , and Bluesky . Late last week...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to be in the midst of two conflicts, one … in Iran, and the other with the American free press over its coverage of the widening Middle East war. —MS NOW‘s Sydney Carruth Last...

A Palestinian toddler was tortured and abused by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, in a sickening way to extract a false confession from his detained father, Palestinian journalists and media have said. Karim Abu Nassar, an...

This past weekend would have normally been a festive time of year for Muslims and Iranians in the United States , with Nowruz and Eid Al-Fitr falling on the same weekend. This year, however, with wars on Iran and Lebanon,...

GAZA, (PIC) As the repercussions of the genocide continue, and regional files intersect with the Palestinian scene, the arrangements related to the post aggression phase in the Gaza Strip appear more complex than expected. Amid talk about the role of the national...

- - - - Cesar Chavez wasn’t a household name or anything, but he was well-known and well-respected among the leftist elites. They ignored that he was anti-illegal immigration, all because his workers’ rights stances matched their own views there. Still,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a virtual appearance at a "far-right conference" in Budapest last weekend, designed to boost his key European ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as he slumbers into next month's general...

France's two top cities look set to remain under leftist control after Sunday's mayoral elections, exit polls suggest, with the Socialists extending their quarter-century rule in Paris and the far right losing in Marseille. The far right and hard left...

By: Andy Wong Ming Jun - - - - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Photo from US Navy via AP The war with Iran has exposed uncomfortable truths about the limits of American naval power, with implications that extend far beyond...

Even in war, Mehrab Ahmadzai waits for rain. The 48-year-old farmer is from Surkhrod district, in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province near the border with Pakistan. When the latest hostilities between the two nations arrived in late February, the district...

Islamabad has shifted its political and religious rhetoric toward Tehran, marking an unprecedented turn since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran . The change was reflected in statements by Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir on Thursday, 19...