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Are mangrove forests recovering?

Are mangrove forests recovering?

by Kanako Kinoshita | 30 July 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Environment, Global View, World

It is said that about one-third of the world’s...

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Is the slowdown in Arctic sea ice reduction an illusion?

Is the slowdown in Arctic sea ice reduction an illusion?

by Maiko Takeuchi | 29 July 2026 | Environment, GNV News, World

GNV News, 29 July 2026 Some studies had shown...

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Africa records largest number of hungry people as global hunger declines

Africa records largest number of hungry people as global hunger declines

by Mohammad Istiaq Jawad | 26 July 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, Health/medicine, World

Africa recorded the world’s largest number of...

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Liberia’s forests are disappearing: The expansion of cocoa cultivation and complex factors at play

Liberia’s forests are disappearing: The expansion of cocoa cultivation and complex factors at play

by Maiko Takeuchi | 24 July 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Coexistence/migration, Environment, GNV News, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 24 July 2026 In the Republic of...

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Unfinished decolonization: Rights, self-determination, and the future of European overseas territories

Unfinished decolonization: Rights, self-determination, and the future of European overseas territories

by Pavel Das | 23 July 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Europe, Global View, Law/human rights, North and Central America, Oceania, Politics, World

On 19 March 2026, France announced it would...

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Zambian democracy undermined? Allegations regarding Canadian mining giant

Zambian democracy undermined? Allegations regarding Canadian mining giant

by Suren G. | 22 July 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, GNV News, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 22 July 2026 On July 21, 2026, the...

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Major reduction in free school meals, Indonesia

Major reduction in free school meals, Indonesia

by Kuroda Osamu | 20 July 2026 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Education, GNV News, Politics

GNV News, 20 July 2026 Indonesian President...

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Burkina Faso records sharp decline in malaria cases and deaths

Burkina Faso records sharp decline in malaria cases and deaths

by Mohammad Istiaq Jawad | 19 July 2026 | Environment, GNV News, Health/medicine, Sub-Saharan Africa, World

GNV News, 19 July 2026 Burkina Faso recorded a...

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Why Bangladesh and India face a difficult reset

Why Bangladesh and India face a difficult reset

by Mohammad Istiaq Jawad | 16 July 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Global View, Law/human rights, Politics

On 8 June 2026, Bangladesh’s Border Guard...

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New momentum towards peace in Cyprus?

New momentum towards peace in Cyprus?

by Tani Yuzuka | 16 July 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Europe, GNV News, Politics

GNV News, 16 July 2026 On 13 July 2026, the...

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Debt repayments in low- and middle-income countries far exceed education spending

Debt repayments in low- and middle-income countries far exceed education spending

by Kanako Kinoshita | 14 July 2026 | Asia, Economics/poverty, Education, GNV News, Middle East/North Africa, North and Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 14 July 2026 According to a report...

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Hunger deepens in northern Nigeria

Hunger deepens in northern Nigeria

by Morita Aoba | 10 July 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, GNV News, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

On July 2, 2026, the United Nations World Food...

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The end of a trend? The Global South and the Japanese media

The end of a trend? The Global South and the Japanese media

by Virgil Hawkins | 9 July 2026 | Journalism/speech, News View, Politics, World

In 2023, GNV identified the sudden appearance of...

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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger: Formal withdrawal from the ICC

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger: Formal withdrawal from the ICC

by Suren G. | 5 July 2026 | GNV News, Law/human rights, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 5 July 2026 In June 2026, three...

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CPJ reaffirms journalist definition after Gaza database review dispute

CPJ reaffirms journalist definition after Gaza database review dispute

by Pavel Das | 3 July 2026 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Journalism/speech, Middle East/North Africa, North and Central America

The board of the Committee to Protect...

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Transnational elite networks

Transnational elite networks

by Virgil Hawkins | 2 July 2026 | Economics/poverty, Europe, Global View, North and Central America, Politics, World

In June 2026, the list of invitees for a...

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Why do acid attacks on women in Pakistan continue?

Why do acid attacks on women in Pakistan continue?

by Maiko Takeuchi | 1 July 2026 | Asia, Gender/sex, GNV News

GNV News, 1 July 2026 Gender-based violence...

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The number of drug users reaches an all-time high

The number of drug users reaches an all-time high

by Kanako Kinoshita | 29 June 2026 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News. 28 June 2026 According to the World...

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Fears of mass atrocities grow in Sudan’s El Obeid

Fears of mass atrocities grow in Sudan’s El Obeid

by Pavel Das | 26 June 2026 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 26 June 2026 International concern is...

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Food systems and world hunger

Food systems and world hunger

by Virgil Hawkins | 25 June 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Global View, Health/medicine, World

In 2025, 266 million people across 47 countries...

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Solving common challenges with “global public investment”

Solving common challenges with “global public investment”

by Kuroda Osamu | 25 June 2026 | Coexistence/migration, Economics/poverty, GNV News, Politics, World

Securing clean energy, outbreaks of infectious...

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Bosnia’s High Representative resigns: The fragile post-war order

Bosnia’s High Representative resigns: The fragile post-war order

by Suren G. | 21 June 2026 | Conflict/military, Europe, GNV News, Politics

GNV News, 21 June 2026 Christian Schmidt, the...

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Sri Lanka, a new target for cyber crime organizations

Sri Lanka, a new target for cyber crime organizations

by Kanae T | 19 June 2026 | Asia, Coexistence/migration, Economics/poverty, GNV News, Law/human rights, Technology, World

GNV News, 19 June 2026 In response to...

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Summary article: unfair trade, unfair labor

Summary article: unfair trade, unfair labor

by GNV | 18 June 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, North and Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, World

In June 2026, Elon Musk became the world’s first...

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Gold-linked mercury pollution rising: Women particularly impacted

Gold-linked mercury pollution rising: Women particularly impacted

by Mohammad Istiaq Jawad | 18 June 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, Gender/sex, GNV News, Health/medicine, World

GNV News, 18 June 2026 As global demand for gold...

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Hondurasgate: Origins and allegations

Hondurasgate: Origins and allegations

by Virgil Hawkins | 11 June 2026 | Economics/poverty, Global View, Journalism/speech, North and Central America, Politics

“In Honduras, you need force, you need...

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Connection of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline begins

Connection of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline begins

by Morita Aoba | 11 June 2026 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, Middle East/North Africa, Technology

GNV News, 11 June 2026 On 4 June 2026,...

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Opposition movement against Trump’s son-in-law’s resort development in Albania

Opposition movement against Trump’s son-in-law’s resort development in Albania

by Kuroda Osamu | 7 June 2026 | Economics/poverty, Environment, Europe, GNV News, Politics

In southwestern Albania on the Balkan Peninsula,...

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Covering billionaires

Covering billionaires

by Virgil Hawkins | 4 June 2026 | Economics/poverty, Journalism/speech, News View, North and Central America, World

According to a January 2026 report by Oxfam,...

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Anti-immigrant violence escalates in South Africa

Anti-immigrant violence escalates in South Africa

by Pavel Das | 4 June 2026 | Coexistence/migration, GNV News, Law/human rights, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News, 4 June, 2026 A rise in anti-immigrant...

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