Colonel David Wesley Lile (Retired) at Africa University in the eastern part of Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS By Farai Shawn MatiasheMUTARE, Zimbabwe, Jul 16 2025 – It is a cold morning in eastern Zimbabwe as Lieutenant Colonel Reverend Doctor Samba Mosweu celebrates a glorious moment he has been waiting for all his life. His family has accompanied Lieutenant Colonel Mosweu from...

By CIVICUSJul 16 2025 –   CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On 27 June, the DRC signed a peace agreement with Rwanda. This agreement forms part of a wider deal with the Trump administration promising US access to Congolese coltan in exchange...

TANGO (The Gambia), supporting communities in the North Bank Region, through distribution of improved cooking stoves. Credit: TANGO By Christelle Kalhoule and Sarah StrackNEW YORK, Jul 16 2025 – As delegates gather in New York over the coming weeks for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), we see this moment as a test. A test of whether world leaders are serious about rescuing the Sustainable...

Malaysia is Chair of ASEAN for 2025. By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2025 – The US is apparently contemplating the possible creation—either a formal or an informal– security alliance in the Asia-Pacific region on the lines of the longstanding collective defense pact, the 32-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). If the proposal materializes, the new alliance is expected...

Maithreyi Kamalanathan is Global Media Coordinator, Equality Now By Maithreyi KamalanathanNEW YORK, Jul 16 2025 – Around a quarter of countries still have nationality laws that deny women the same rights as men to acquire, retain, or change their citizenship, or to pass citizenship onto their children or foreign spouses. Catherine Harrington, Campaign Manager for the Global Campaign for Equal...

The chance of dying during the first year of life in the least developed countries is ten times higher than in the more developed countries. Credit: Franz Chávez/IPS By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Jul 16 2025 – To be, or not to be, an undocumented migrant, that is the question for millions of men, women and children in many less developed countries. “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to...