Togolese authorities threaten greater online speech censorship · Global Voices
In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions.| Global Voices
Across the African continent, from Madagascar to Morocco, young people known as Generation Z, are taking to the streets demanding social justice, and their voices to be heard.| Global Voices
Although in the beginning, digital technology platforms were celebrated as spaces for cultural pride and connection, TikTok has increasingly become a stage where centuries-old clan identities are re-enacted...| Global Voices
The ongoing conflict in Eastern DRC, allegedly fuelled in part by Uganda’s support for M23 rebels, has inflicted devastating consequences on Congolese civilians as well as the wider region.| Global Voices
In Togo, the authorities have restated their intentions to regulate online speech, restricting the use of social media amid heightened political tensions.| Global Voices
Abstract This study explores civil society and state perspectives on the human rights status of persons with albinism (PWA), a rare genetic condition characterized by reduced or absent pigmentation of the hair, skin, and eyes. This analysis examines the “situated knowledge” in civil society organisations (CSOs) regarding the human rights situation of PWA in six sub-Saharan African states. The dataset comes from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the United Nations’ five-yearly treaty-...| Brill
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army attends the opening ceremony of China’s military base in Djibouti — its first overseas naval base — in August 2017. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images Washington’s …| Georgetown Security Studies Review
An interview with Togolese author Sami Tchak, exploring how he defines and shapes his francophone writing in the context of the growing visibility of francophone African literatures.| Global Voices
ORCID’s Global Participation Fund, launched in 2022, has distributed 26 grants totalling $465,000 to 17 countries in the Global South to date. Recipients include organizations in countries with low- and […] The post Growing Together in Sub-Saharan Africa: ORCID Adoption Boosts Bioethics Research appeared first on ORCID.| ORCID
AfroLeadership joins OGC to advance geospatial innovation and collaboration, fostering growth and technology in Africa.| Open Geospatial Consortium
The latest World Happiness Report delivers some unhappy news to Americans -- and the rest of the world.| Gallup.com
Since creating the World Poll in 2005, Gallup has conducted studies in more than 160 countries that include 99% of the world's adult population. The Gallup World Poll tracks the most important issues worldwide, such as food access, employment, leadership performance, and well-being.| Gallup.com
A Meta-Gallup survey of more than 140 countries shows 24% of people worldwide feel very or fairly lonely -- but about half do not feel lonely at all.| Gallup.com
Emotionally, the second year of the pandemic was an even tougher year for the world than the first one: Gallup's Negative Experience Index reached a new high, and the Positive Experience Index dropped for the first time in years.| Gallup.com
