CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement Extinction ...

When it comes to climate change, the awful news has been coming thick and fast. We now know that in 2024, the Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time.

From Paraguay to Uganda, Indonesia to Botswana and Pakistan, the latest reports from civil society organisations paint a ...

Either the new US President, Mr. Trump, is ignorant of international law or thinks he’s so brilliant that he doesn’t care ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health ...

Before the ceasefire deal silenced the bombs and drones over Gaza and allowed for humanitarian aid to flow, there was UN Security Council Resolution 2720.

George the Pinta Island tortoise and Martha the passenger pigeon achieved fame as ‘endlings’ – the last individuals of their species. Their passing is tragic, but can their fate perhaps help us to ...

The Trump administration which regained the White House last week after a four-year hiatus, has come down heavily on ...

Small-scale farmer Augustine Sibanda has grown resilient traditional sorghum varieties passed down through generations but has increased his yields after he adopted improved seed varieties developed ...

Israel and Hamas implemented a three-phase ceasefire agreement that seeks to end the war between Israel and Palestine, ...

Nigeria is grappling with malnutrition, particularly in the north, where poverty, food insecurity, inadequate healthcare, and ...

Africa's lack of robust application of statistical research has been flagged as slowing the use of evidence-based data to ...