Cricket's popularity is rising while women are banned from sports Originally published on Global Voices Gulbadin Naib, member of Afghanistan's national cricket team at the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. Screenshot from the video ”Gulbadin Naib? Morgan?England vs Afghanistan – Top 5 MomentsICC Cricket World Cup 2019“ from ICC YouTube channel. Fair use.   On April 28, the Afghanistan’s men’s national futsal team capped off their run at the AFC Futsal Asian Cup with a win over Kyrgyzstan in the playoffs and earned a spot at the upcoming FIFA Futsal World Cup, which will be held in the fa ..read more

Facebook, Instagram and TikTok as spaces for truth and justice Originally published on Global Voices Collage with President Daniel Ortega and the repression of anti-government protests in 2018, by ProBox. Used with permission. This article was published on ProBox on April 28, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. In early April 2024, the Ortega–Murillo government enacted a controversial “Peace Law,” which the Nicaraguan civil society actively challenged by contesting the government's narrative and defending the memory of the April 2018 p ..read more

The country will have its first woman president Originally published on Global Voices Billboards and other advertisements in Skopje promoting right-wing presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova under the slogans “Macedonia proud again” and “Gordana for president!” (the name Gordana means “proud”). Photo by Global Voices, CC BY 3.0 Right wing populist political party VMRO-DPMNE won a sweeping victory in the presidential and parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, held May 8, 2024. According to official results published by the State Election Commission (SEC), their presidential ..read more

The climate crisis has increased the number of extreme disasters Originally published on Global Voices Civilians help with rescues in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in the floods that hit the state. Photo by Alex Rocha/PMPA, used with permission Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil, is going through the worst climate disaster in its history. From April 28 onward, a major part of its territory, about the size of the United Kingdom, has been submerged underwater. The heavy rains soon transformed into violent floods, impacting over 1.4 million people, w ..read more

The award is meant to honor and inspire Originally published on Global Voices Screen shot of the Global Coalition for Language Rights website. While over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, about half are under threat of extinction or severely endangered, as power relations among languages are far from equal. Many languages require their users to actively work to pass it on to the next generation, the only guarantee they can survive in the future. To highlight some of those preservation and revitalization initiatives, Global Voices talked to Gerald Roche, an Associate Professor of Politics ..read more

Unsustainable and unregulated growth [has been] exacerbated by colonial impacts Originally published on Global Voices Protestors in Aruba demonstrating against the island's environmental crisis. Photo courtesy of the ‘No More Hotels’ movement, used with permission. The Caribbean, with a rich and diverse history shaped by its Indigenous inhabitants, European colonisation, and strategic geographic location, is known by many in the developed world as simply a vacation spot. With white beaches and blue waters, this is where the privileged come to relax and unwind, usually without any care for th ..read more

China spokesperson: it is a necessary measure to safeguard national security. Originally published on Global Voices Glory to Hong Kong. Photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP. Used with permission. This report was written by Hilary Leung and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on May 8, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. A Hong Kong appeals court has sided with the government in its attempt to ban the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, overturning last year’s decision by a lower court that cited free speech conce ..read more

Over 1,500 people died of heatstroke in Myanmar last month Originally published on Global Voices A woman farmer in the North Philippines showing the impact of El Nino and the lack of adequate irrigation. Photo courtesy of the Amihan Women Facebook group. Used with permission. Climate experts have long warned that Southeast Asia will be especially vulnerable to environmental disasters and extreme weather amid the ongoing climate crisis, and 2024 is demonstrating just how deadly this extreme weather can be. South and Southeast Asia have been roasting in a record-setting heatwave for the last m ..read more

Humanitarian aid covers less than 5 percent of the country’s needs. Originally published on Global Voices Displaced persons at the Darfur border in Sudan. Screenshot from the France24 YouTube Channel For the victims of Sudan’s civil war, a humanitarian crisis and human rights violations have become part of their everyday lives. In the Republic of Sudan, there is an ongoing civil war between two opposing military factions: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (FSR) under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti. This ..read more

The performance has kicked off and so have the protestors Originally published on Global Voices Irish group Bambi-Thug perform their song “Doomsday Blue” on the first day of the Eurovision Semi-finals. The group is dressed in the fun, avant-garde getup characteristic of Eurovision performances. Image via Eurovision official YouTube. While the annual Eurovision Song Contest is best known for its gaudy glitz and glamour, the over-the-top performances often veil regional political tensions and international conflict. “The World’s Biggest Song Contest” will be held May 7–11, in Malmö, Sweden, an ..read more