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India: A blow to the long-running anti-government movement?

India: A blow to the long-running anti-government movement?

by Hayato Ishimoto | 28 May 2025 | Asia, Conflict/military, GNV News

GNV News May 28, 2025 On May 22, 2025, India’s...

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Global emergency: Tropical forest loss worst on record, driven mainly by fires

Global emergency: Tropical forest loss worst on record, driven mainly by fires

by Chiori Murata | 25 May 2025 | Environment, GNV News, World

GNVNews 2025 year5 month25 day The World...

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Equatorial Guinea–Gabon: ICJ judgment on an island dispute

Equatorial Guinea–Gabon: ICJ judgment on an island dispute

by Kanako Kinoshita | 23 May 2025 | GNV News, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News 2025 5 23 2025 5 19, the International...

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Questioning “developing countries”

Questioning “developing countries”

by Virgil Hawkins | 22 May 2025 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Global View, World

In 2015, the World Bank announced it would phase...

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Severe food crises and malnutrition have risen worldwide for six consecutive years

Severe food crises and malnutrition have risen worldwide for six consecutive years

by A.Ishida | 21 May 2025 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News 2025 Year 5 Month 21 Day On 2025 Year 5...

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Surge in attacks by armed groups in West Africa

Surge in attacks by armed groups in West Africa

by Seita Morimoto | 18 May 2025 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News May 18, 2025 On May 11, 2025, Jama'at...

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United Nations: Funding shortage crisis

United Nations: Funding shortage crisis

by Kanako Kinoshita | 17 May 2025 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News 2025-5-17 On 2025-5-2, it became clear...

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Tensions between the Kurds and the state

Tensions between the Kurds and the state

by Morita Aoba | 15 May 2025 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Europe, Global View, Middle East/North Africa, Politics

On May 12, 2025, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

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Global Human Development Index growth hits a 35-year low

Global Human Development Index growth hits a 35-year low

by Seita Morimoto | 14 May 2025 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News May 14, 2025 On May 6, 2025, the United...

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New WHO report: Health disparities stem from factors beyond healthcare

New WHO report: Health disparities stem from factors beyond healthcare

by Chiori Murata | 11 May 2025 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, Health/medicine, World

GNV News 2025 May 11 World Health Organization...

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Ethiopia: Concerns over renewed conflict

Ethiopia: Concerns over renewed conflict

by Kanako Kinoshita | 10 May 2025 | Conflict/military, GNV News, Other, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News 2025/5/10 In Ethiopia’s Tigray region,...

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Surge in deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran

Surge in deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran

by Seita Morimoto | 8 May 2025 | Asia, Coexistence/migration, GNV News, Middle East/North Africa

GNV News 2025/5/8 On May 5, 2025, the United...

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Tuberculosis: The world’s deadliest infectious disease

Tuberculosis: The world’s deadliest infectious disease

by Seita Morimoto | 8 May 2025 | Global View, Health/medicine, World

Which infectious disease has taken the most...

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111 major fossil fuel companies linked to $28 trillion in climate damages

111 major fossil fuel companies linked to $28 trillion in climate damages

by Chiori Murata | 4 May 2025 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, Environment, GNV News, World

GNV News, May 4, 2025 On April 23, 2025,...

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Malta: Ruling against the golden passport scheme

Malta: Ruling against the golden passport scheme

by Kanako Kinoshita | 3 May 2025 | Coexistence/migration, Europe, GNV News, Law/human rights

GNV News 2025 May 3 On 2025 April 29, the...

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Singapore’s sand problem

Singapore’s sand problem

by Lynn Sugita | 1 May 2025 | Agriculture/resources, Asia, Environment, Global View, Technology

The world is now facing a “sand crisis.”...

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France to investigate the impact of the indemnity for Haiti’s independence

France to investigate the impact of the indemnity for Haiti’s independence

by MIKI Yuna | 30 April 2025 | Economics/poverty, Europe, GNV News, Law/human rights, North and Central America

GNV News 2025/4/30 On 2025/4/17, French...

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World’s largest deforestation underway in Indonesia

World’s largest deforestation underway in Indonesia

by Chiori Murata | 27 April 2025 | Asia, Environment, GNV News

GNVNews 2025/4/27 In Indonesia, one of the...

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UAE: Widespread abuse of counterterrorism laws

UAE: Widespread abuse of counterterrorism laws

by Kanako Kinoshita | 25 April 2025 | GNV News, Law/human rights, Middle East/North Africa

GNV News 2025/4/25 In January 2025, authorities...

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WFP: Facing a food crisis of record proportions

WFP: Facing a food crisis of record proportions

by Seita Morimoto | 23 April 2025 | Agriculture/resources, Economics/poverty, GNV News, World

GNV News 2025 year 4 month 23 day On March 28,...

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Seychelles becomes the world’s first country to comply with fisheries transparency standards

Seychelles becomes the world’s first country to comply with fisheries transparency standards

by Chiori Murata | 20 April 2025 | Agriculture/resources, Environment, GNV News, Other, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNVNews April 20, 2025 In February 2025, the...

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Over 3 million children die from drug-resistant infections

Over 3 million children die from drug-resistant infections

by Kanako Kinoshita | 18 April 2025 | GNV News, Health/medicine, World

GNV News 2025/4/18 In 2022, a large-scale study...

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「内戦」を問う

「内戦」を問う

by Virgil Hawkins | 17 April 2025 | Conflict/military, Global View, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, World

報道や学術的な研究においても、武力紛争という現象は「国際戦争」(国家間武力紛争)と「内戦」(国内武力...

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Gabon holds first election since coup

Gabon holds first election since coup

by Okamoto Ayaka | 16 April 2025 | GNV News, Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa

GNV News – April 16, 2025 On April 12, 2025, a...

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Anti-austerity general strike erupts in Argentina

Anti-austerity general strike erupts in Argentina

by Chiori Murata | 13 April 2025 | Economics/poverty, GNV News, South America

GNV News, April 13, 2025 On April 10, 2025, a...

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The hidden beneficiaries of online child sexual exploitation

The hidden beneficiaries of online child sexual exploitation

by Kanako Kinoshita | 12 April 2025 | GNV News, Law/human rights, Technology, World

GNV News April 12, 2025 According to a 2025...

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Nicaragua: Where has the hope for democratization gone?

Nicaragua: Where has the hope for democratization gone?

by Hayato Ishimoto | 10 April 2025 | Economics/poverty, Global View, Law/human rights, North and Central America, Politics

On 1/30/2025, in the Nicaraguan National...

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HIV infections surge in the Middle East and North Africa

HIV infections surge in the Middle East and North Africa

by Seita Morimoto | 9 April 2025 | GNV News, Health/medicine, Middle East/North Africa

GNV News 2025 year 4 month 9 day On March 28,...

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Global Disability Summit 2025 held

Global Disability Summit 2025 held

by MIKI Yuna | 6 April 2025 | Coexistence/migration, Conflict/military, Economics/poverty, Education, GNV News, Law/human rights, World

GNV News 2025/4/6 From 2025/4/2 to 3, the Global...

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Nepal: Growing calls to restore the monarchy

Nepal: Growing calls to restore the monarchy

by Kanako Kinoshita | 5 April 2025 | Asia, GNV News, Politics

GNV News, April 5, 2025 At the end of March...

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