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  • Western Sahara: UN mission ends after Security Council fails to renew mandate
  • Bangladesh: Garment workers’ wage protests force hundreds of factories to close
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World: Increase in child soldier recruitment

World: Increase in child soldier recruitment

by Kanako Kinoshita | 10 January 2025 | Conflict/military, Education, GNV News, World

GNV News – January 10, 2025 2024 was the 35th...

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Bangladesh: Political upheaval and the student movement

Bangladesh: Political upheaval and the student movement

by Chiori Murata | 9 January 2025 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Education, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics

In August 2024, Bangladesh reached a turning...

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Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency amid escalating crime

Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency amid escalating crime

by Okamoto Ayaka | 8 January 2025 | GNV News, Law/human rights, North and Central America

GNV News January 8, 2025 On December 30, 2024,...

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El Salvador: Moves to repeal its historic ban on metal mining

El Salvador: Moves to repeal its historic ban on metal mining

by Chiori Murata | 29 December 2024 | Agriculture/resources, GNV News, North and Central America

GNV News, December 29, 2024 On December 23,...

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Video: The top 10 undercovered world news stories of 2024

Video: The top 10 undercovered world news stories of 2024

by GNV | 28 December 2024 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Environment, Europe, Gender/sex, Health/medicine, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, Oceania, Politics, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Top 10 news, World

  More details here: "Top 10 Underreported World...

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Yemen: Worsening cholera crisis

Yemen: Worsening cholera crisis

by Kanako Kinoshita | 27 December 2024 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Health/medicine, Middle East/North Africa

GNV News, December 27, 2024 On December 23,...

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Roundup: Conflict reporting

Roundup: Conflict reporting

by Virgil Hawkins | 26 December 2024 | Conflict/military, News View, World

Armed conflicts are unfolding across the world....

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By some counts, journalist deaths hit a record high

By some counts, journalist deaths hit a record high

by Azusa Iwane | 25 December 2024 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Journalism/speech, Middle East/North Africa, World

According to the Press Emblem Campaign, based...

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A step closer to a world without the death penalty?

A step closer to a world without the death penalty?

by Azusa Iwane | 22 December 2024 | GNV News, Law/human rights, World

GNV News, December 22, 2024 On December 17,...

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The TFFF, a new fund to protect forests

The TFFF, a new fund to protect forests

by Kanako Kinoshita | 20 December 2024 | Environment, GNV News, South America, World

GNV News, December 20, 2024 At the 28th...

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The top 10 undercovered world news stories of 2024

The top 10 undercovered world news stories of 2024

by GNV | 19 December 2024 | Asia, Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Environment, Europe, Gender/sex, Health/medicine, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, News View, Oceania, Politics, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Top 10 news, World

In 2024, too, Japanese international news...

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Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda collapse

Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda collapse

by Okamoto Ayaka | 18 December 2024 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, December 18, 2024 The peace summit...

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Reported human trafficking cases rising worldwide

Reported human trafficking cases rising worldwide

by MIKI Yuna | 15 December 2024 | GNV News, Law/human rights, World

December 15, 2024, GNV News On December 11,...

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World: The widening of extreme inequality

World: The widening of extreme inequality

by Kanako Kinoshita | 13 December 2024 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News — December 13, 2024 UBS, the Swiss bank...

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Uruguay: Building a society that supports caregiving and advances women’s status

Uruguay: Building a society that supports caregiving and advances women’s status

by Okamoto Ayaka | 12 December 2024 | Gender/sex, Global View, Health/medicine, Law/human rights, South America

Between October and November 2024, Uruguay held...

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Newly developed antibiotic to go on sale starting in 2025

Newly developed antibiotic to go on sale starting in 2025

by Azusa Iwane | 11 December 2024 | Asia, GNV News, Health/medicine, Other, Technology, World

GNV News — December 11, 2024 A new antibiotic...

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Chad announces end of military cooperation with France

Chad announces end of military cooperation with France

by Chiori Murata | 10 December 2024 | Conflict/military, Europe, GNV News, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News December 10, 2024 On November 28, 2024,...

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Global revenue growth for defense contractors

Global revenue growth for defense contractors

by MIKI Yuna | 6 December 2024 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News 2024/12/6 On 12/2, 2024, the Stockholm...

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Freedom of expression and assembly in Europe threatened by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Freedom of expression and assembly in Europe threatened by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

by Virgil Hawkins | 5 December 2024 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Europe, From the archives, Global View, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa

The European Union (EU) portrays itself as a...

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World: The reality of femicide

World: The reality of femicide

by Kanako Kinoshita | 29 November 2024 | Gender/sex, GNV News, Law/human rights, World

GNV News, November 29, 2024 Every ten minutes,...

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Education in the post-COVID world and media coverage

Education in the post-COVID world and media coverage

by Tsugumi SUZUKI | 28 November 2024 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Education, Gender/sex, Health/medicine, Journalism/speech, News View, World

In July 2020, GNV published an article titled...

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Nicaragua: Constitutional amendment approved to strengthen the powers of the president and first lady

Nicaragua: Constitutional amendment approved to strengthen the powers of the president and first lady

by Seita Morimoto | 27 November 2024 | GNV News, North and Central America, Politics

GNV News — November 27, 2024 On November 22,...

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Ugandan opposition politician ‘abducted’ in Kenya?

Ugandan opposition politician ‘abducted’ in Kenya?

by Chiori Murata | 24 November 2024 | GNV News, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News – November 24, 2024 On November 16,...

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New Zealand: Largest-ever protest

New Zealand: Largest-ever protest

by Kanako Kinoshita | 22 November 2024 | GNV News, Oceania, Politics

GNV News – November 22, 2024 On November 19,...

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Where is Somaliland headed?

Where is Somaliland headed?

by Virgil Hawkins | 21 November 2024 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Global View, Middle East/North Africa, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

In November 2024, Somaliland, located in the...

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Sudan conflict: Reports of death toll far exceed previously recorded figures

Sudan conflict: Reports of death toll far exceed previously recorded figures

by Okamoto Ayaka | 20 November 2024 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, November 20, 2024 According to a...

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Norwegian parliament apologizes for more than a century of assimilation policies toward minorities

Norwegian parliament apologizes for more than a century of assimilation policies toward minorities

by Chiori Murata | 17 November 2024 | Coexistence/migration, Europe, GNV News, Politics

GNV News, November 17, 2024 According to the...

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Bolivia: Power struggle within ruling party intensifies

Bolivia: Power struggle within ruling party intensifies

by Kanako Kinoshita | 15 November 2024 | GNV News, Politics, South America

GNV News, November 14, 2024 In Bolivia, within...

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Malaysia: Can deforestation be stopped?

Malaysia: Can deforestation be stopped?

by Ito Risa | 14 November 2024 | Asia, Environment, Global View

Malaysia, a country with a forest cover rate...

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First-ever ministerial meeting on ending violence against children held in Colombia

First-ever ministerial meeting on ending violence against children held in Colombia

by Okamoto Ayaka | 13 November 2024 | Education, GNV News, Law/human rights, South America, World

GNV News, November 13, 2024 According to UN...

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