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Guinea-Bissau: Drug trafficking casts a shadow over politics

Guinea-Bissau: Drug trafficking casts a shadow over politics

by Angela Kim | 22 August 2024 | Conflict/military, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa....

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Yemen: 540,000 children under five with severe wasting

Yemen: 540,000 children under five with severe wasting

by GNV | 21 August 2024 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Health/medicine, Middle East/North Africa

GNV News, August 20, 2024 According to an...

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4.4 billion people lack access to safe water, twice as many as previously estimated

4.4 billion people lack access to safe water, twice as many as previously estimated

by Chiori Murata | 18 August 2024 | Agriculture/resources, GNV News, Health/medicine, World

GNV News – August 18, 2024 A study published in...

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Large-scale protests erupt in Serbia against the resumption of a lithium mining project

Large-scale protests erupt in Serbia against the resumption of a lithium mining project

by Chiori Murata | 16 August 2024 | Agriculture/resources, Europe, GNV News, Politics

GNV News — August 16, 2024 On August 10, 2024,...

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The adverse effects of El Niño

The adverse effects of El Niño

by Akari Shutto | 15 August 2024 | Asia, Environment, Global View

As climate change driven by global warming...

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Youth unemployment rate hits 15-year low

Youth unemployment rate hits 15-year low

by Azusa Iwane | 14 August 2024 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News - August 14, 2024 The International...

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Great Barrier Reef threatened by record-breaking rise in sea temperatures not seen in four centuries

Great Barrier Reef threatened by record-breaking rise in sea temperatures not seen in four centuries

by Chiori Murata | 11 August 2024 | Environment, GNV News, Oceania

GNV News August 11, 2024 According to a study...

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Oropouche virus spreads in Latin America

Oropouche virus spreads in Latin America

by Chiori Murata | 9 August 2024 | GNV News, Health/medicine, North and Central America, South America

GNV News, August 9, 2024 In Latin America, as of...

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The Rohingya crisis: A cycle of persecution and displacement

The Rohingya crisis: A cycle of persecution and displacement

by Brian Aycock | 8 August 2024 | Asia, Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Global View, Law/human rights

In May 2024, a further 45,000 Rohingya fled...

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Nigeria: Riots erupt amid economic crisis

Nigeria: Riots erupt amid economic crisis

by Azusa Iwane | 4 August 2024 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, GNV News, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, August 4, 2024 In Nigeria, protests by...

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What Is independent media?

What Is independent media?

by Virgil Hawkins | 1 August 2024 | Journalism/speech, News View, World

In most countries, media organizations are...

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Journalists under threat

Journalists under threat

by Hazuki Yamamoto | 25 July 2024 | Conflict/military, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, News View, World

In Gaza, where Israel’s military operation is...

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Roundup: Global poverty

Roundup: Global poverty

by Virgil Hawkins | 18 July 2024 | Economics/poverty, Global View, World

More than half of the world’s population is in...

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Challenges facing Latin American politics and society

Challenges facing Latin American politics and society

by A.Ishida | 11 July 2024 | Economics/poverty, Global View, North and Central America, Politics, South America

Society and politics in Latin America are in...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina faces a crisis of division

Bosnia and Herzegovina faces a crisis of division

by Sonja Viktorija Anic | 4 July 2024 | Conflict/military, Europe, Global View, Politics

On June 8, 2024, the first-ever “All-Serbian...

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The future of the Sudan conflict

The future of the Sudan conflict

by Junpei Nishikawa | 27 June 2024 | Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, From the archives, Global View, Middle East/North Africa, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

In Sudan, the armed conflict that broke out in...

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What difference will better world news coverage make?

What difference will better world news coverage make?

by Virgil Hawkins | 20 June 2024 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Journalism/speech, News View, World

Japanese reporting on the world is sparse....

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Have the Pacific nations overcome their crisis?

Have the Pacific nations overcome their crisis?

by A.Ishida | 13 June 2024 | Environment, Global View, Oceania, Politics

In May 2021, GNV covered the politics of the...

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Conflicts and refugees you won’t see on TV

Conflicts and refugees you won’t see on TV

by Takumi Kuriyama | 6 June 2024 | Conflict/military, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, News View, Sub-Saharan Africa, World

GNV has conducted analyses on many themes such...

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The pink tide: An overview of a quarter-century of Latin American politics

The pink tide: An overview of a quarter-century of Latin American politics

by Darren Mangado | 30 May 2024 | Economics/poverty, Global View, North and Central America, Politics, South America

The end of the Cold War symbolized the notion...

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Wikipedia and its issues (Part 2)

Wikipedia and its issues (Part 2)

by Virgil Hawkins | 23 May 2024 | Global View, Journalism/speech, Technology, World

In the May 17, 2024 article “Wikipedia and Its...

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Wikipedia and its issues (Part 1)

Wikipedia and its issues (Part 1)

by Virgil Hawkins | 17 May 2024 | Economics/poverty, Gender/sex, Global View, Journalism/speech, Technology, World

Wikipedia, the largest in history encyclopedia,...

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The Iranian government faces a crisis

The Iranian government faces a crisis

by Tahereh Mohammadi | 9 May 2024 | Economics/poverty, Gender/sex, Global View, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, Politics

In April 2024, Iran drew worldwide attention...

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Exploring the state of human rights reporting

Exploring the state of human rights reporting

by Ikumu Nakamura | 2 May 2024 | Economics/poverty, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, News View, Politics, World

“Human rights” are the rights that everyone is...

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Will advances in AI reduce global inequality?

Will advances in AI reduce global inequality?

by Azusa Iwane | 28 April 2024 | Economics/poverty, Global View, Technology, World

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable...

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Determinants of conflict reporting

Determinants of conflict reporting

by Virgil Hawkins | 18 April 2024 | Conflict/military, Journalism/speech, News View, World

GNV has revealed the bias in Japanese media’s...

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Climate change and food supply

Climate change and food supply

by Ikumu Nakamura | 11 April 2024 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, Global View, Sub-Saharan Africa, World

Recent climate change is truly anomalous and one...

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Democracy in Senegal

Democracy in Senegal

by Misaki Nakayama | 4 April 2024 | Global View, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

On 2024/3/24, a presidential election was held...

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The Westminster Declaration

The Westminster Declaration

by GNV | 28 March 2024 | Global View, Journalism/speech, Law/human rights, World

GNV has covered many issues surrounding the flow...

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Digital transformation advances in Central Asia

Digital transformation advances in Central Asia

by Ilnaz Makhmutov | 14 March 2024 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, Technology

In recent years in Kazakhstan, Kaspi Bank has...

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