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800 million young people face a future without jobs (opens the publisher's site)
Approximately 800 million young people entering the labour market in developing economies over the coming years will not find jobs unless countries act, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) warned on Tuesday, as the agency launched two initiatives to boost investment a...
What African elections can learn from the Borana Gadaa system (opens the publisher's site)
Discover how the Borana Gadaa system can inspire African elections through peaceful power transitions, accountable leadership, inclusive governance, and traditional democratic practices that strengthen public trust and participation.
Africa’s governments already treat the internet as protest infrastructure. Its courts have not caught up (opens the publisher's site)
In 2024 the African Commission itself adopted a resolution on internet shutdowns during elections. The resolution treats a shutdown as a harm to expression and access to information...
Digital hopes, real power: From connection to collective action (opens the publisher's site)
If the Arab Spring was defined by optimism about what the internet could do, the years since have been marked by a more sober understanding of what it takes to defend it
The sound of resistance (opens the publisher's site)
As part of Global Voices’ September Spotlight, “Protest in Democracy,” members of our community will be sharing examples of protest music past and present from their communities in this collaborative article.