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West Africa Revives Regional Water Council to Boost Cooperation
News Ghana
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August 14, 2025
Dakar hosted the first extraordinary session of the Sub-Regional Water Resources Consultation Council (CRCRE) this week, uniting ECOWAS and UEMOA states, basin authorities, and civil society groups. The July 10–11 talks focused on accelerating...
4 KS school districts under investigation, alleging Title IX, privacy violations
KSHB - Missouri
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August 15, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) launched an investigation into four Kansas school districts. In a press release on Thursday, the investigations initiated...
High court victory for coastal communities against TotalEnergies, Shell over offshore drilling
Mail & Guardian
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August 14, 2025
The high court in the Western Cape has set aside the government’s approval of the environmental authorisation for TotalEnergies EP South Africa to drill for oil and gas in offshore areas known as Block 5/6/7 along the country’s south-west coast....
Chaos, confusion cloud final stretch of global plastics treaty talks
Inquirer
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August 15, 2025
MANILA, Philippines—A day meant to mark a turning point in the global fight against plastic pollution instead ended in confusion and dismay, as countries were left in the dark over the future of a long-awaited international plastics treaty. On...
Vodacom Tanzania, MCL lead call for unity to transform future
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania is navigating an era of rapid change, from climate challenges to digital transformation and shifting social dynamics. Experts say addressing these issues requires collaboration across all sectors of society. This was the...
Leveraging CSOs for inclusive, resilient, quality education in Nepal
Khabarhub
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August 15, 2025
Nepal’s constitutional guarantee of free and compulsory education is more than a legal provision; it is a commitment to building an equitable and transformative education system. This aligns with Nepal’s broader aspiration of a “Happy Nepali,...
Voices from around the world: global dispatch on press freedom under pressure
JURIST
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August 15, 2025
Edited by Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees everyone the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information through any media...
UNM Engineering Ph.D. candidate named ASCE ‘24 Outstanding Reviewer
The University of New Mexico
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August 14, 2025
Siham Al Shanti Siham Al Shanti, a Ph.D. candidate in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, was named an Outstanding Reviewer of 2024 by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Al Shanti has served...
Ahead of feast of Assumption, Catholic leaders call for day of prayer, fasting for peace
OSV News
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August 14, 2025
(OSV News) — As global conflicts and tensions soar, Catholic religious leaders throughout the world — from Ukraine’s Greek Catholic bishops to women religious to a pontifical charity — have called for a day of prayer and fasting for world peace on...
Samuel Hopkins Emery, Jr.
The Herald-Whig - Illinois
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Emery is a well-known name in Quincy’s history. Samuel Hopkins Emery Sr. was a Congregational minister and a Civil War chaplain. He planted the seed and encouraged the founding of the Quincy Historical Society in 1896. Lesser-known today, although...
The hope of a new dawn for RTI and democracy
Daily Star
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August 15, 2025
Two recent developments have alleviated, at least temporarily, the creeping despondency among right to information (RTI) enthusiasts in Bangladesh, which was triggered by the September 2024 departure of all three information commissioners,...
Czech Foreign Minister: Mzia Amaglobeli’s case reflects growing pressure on media and civil society in Georgia - Czech Republic calls for release of all unjustly prosecuted
Inter Press News
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky, strongly condemns the “politicized” 2-year sentence of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. “I strongly condemn the politicized 2-year sentence of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, whose health has...
Jungle justice: How distrust in law enforcement, judiciary fuel mob violence
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 15, 2025
The culture of jungle justice and mob attacks on suspected criminals in Nigeria without recourse to law enforcement and judicial process remains a source of concern as the practice continues unchecked. SILVER NWOKORO reports that this devastating...
CSOs Say Stakeholder Engagement On Water Sector PPP Ignores Lagosians’ Wishes
Daily Independent
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August 15, 2025
1 CHIDI UGWU A coalition of water justice organizations have taken a swipe at the management of the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) on its planned stakeholder engagement on the pilot Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the water sector. A statement...
UD Homeland Security Department accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles
The Times of Israel
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August 15, 2025
JTA — Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security’s X account appeared to reference an antisemitic dog whistle. And it wasn’t the first time that happened this summer. “Which way, American man?” the department’s official page posted...
US Homeland Security Department accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles
The Times of Israel
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JTA — Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security’s X account appeared to reference an antisemitic dog whistle. And it wasn’t the first time that happened this summer. “Which way, American man?” the department’s official page posted...
Assam: Workshop on disaster risk reduction ends at Dibrugarh University
The Sentinel - Assam News
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A CORRESPONDENT DIBRUGARH: A two-day workshop on Community-led Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Response & Advocacy in the Context of Floods and River Erosion in Assam concluded on Thursday at the Vikshan Conference Hall of Dibrugarh...
Unusual Suspects: Case Studies in Tunisia’s Crackdown on Civil Society
Nawaat
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August 8, 2025
Introduction Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has struggled to strike a balance between security and liberty, national identity, and diversity. A gradual shift in official discourse—particularly in relation to President Kais Saied’s focus on...
Kraaifontein community shocked by baby found in waste bin
IOL
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Kraaifontein residents were horrified after finding a dead baby in a bin on Wednesday morning. The deceased newborn was found in a waste bin in Zono Street around 8.30am. Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said that the matter is under...
Freedom an invaluable blessing: DC Khanewal
The Nation
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August 15, 2025
Khanewal - On the occasion of Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day and the historic victory in the ‘Marqa e Haq’, a grand and spirited flag-hoisting ceremony was held at the District Council Hall, Khanewal. As the national flag ascended high into the...