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After 20 years of groundbreaking work, Global Press will wind down its operations at the end of 2025. Explore two decades of powerful journalism: globalpress.co
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
After 20 years of groundbreaking work, Global Press will wind down its operations at the end of 2025. Explore two decades of powerful journalism: globalpress.co
India’s northeast: Two young lives divided by lines of conflict and politics. Their stories reveal hopes, fears, and the region’s enduring divides. #India #Northeast #Conflict
Two Young People. Two Camps. One Dividing Line. A Story of Conflict in India’s Northeast.
More than two years after violence erupted, members of the feuding Meitei and Kuki-Zo groups in India’s Manipur state remain divided by more than their respective relief camps.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
India’s northeast: Two young lives divided by lines of conflict and politics. Their stories reveal hopes, fears, and the region’s enduring divides. #India #Northeast #Conflict
Uganda’s aspiring doctors face outdated facilities and resource shortages. As global health advances, why are medical universities falling behind? #Uganda #MedicalEducation #Healthcare
Uganda’s Medical Universities Are Falling Behind — Here’s Why
A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities' abilities to update equipment and to offer certain programs. Medical programs are particularly affected.
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August 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Uganda’s aspiring doctors face outdated facilities and resource shortages. As global health advances, why are medical universities falling behind? #Uganda #MedicalEducation #Healthcare
Tens of thousands flee surging violence in Port-au-Prince, seeking safety in Haiti’s second-largest city and overloaded camps. The humanitarian crisis deepens. #Haiti #Displacement #Crisis
Thousands Take Refuge in Haiti’s Second City as Port-au-Prince Violence Ramps Up
Many hope their moves will be temporary, but gangs have only strengthened their grip on the capital.
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August 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tens of thousands flee surging violence in Port-au-Prince, seeking safety in Haiti’s second-largest city and overloaded camps. The humanitarian crisis deepens. #Haiti #Displacement #Crisis
1 million residents of India’s informal settlements may finally see progress on permanent tenure—after years of precarious living. Is lasting change ahead? #India #UrbanRights #Housing
For 1 Million People, This Informal Settlement Is Home — but for How Much Longer?
The Dharavi neighborhood in Mumbai — Asia’s largest informal settlement — is located on prime real estate. Many people who live there now are under pressure to relocate to an area near a toxic…
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August 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1 million residents of India’s informal settlements may finally see progress on permanent tenure—after years of precarious living. Is lasting change ahead? #India #UrbanRights #Housing
The Bihari minority in Bangladesh, decades after resettlement, still faces exclusion and hardship—despite repeated government promises. Their struggle continues. #Bangladesh #Bihari
Despite Promises, Desperation Prevails for Biharis in Bangladesh
The Urdu-speaking minority fights for rights in a country that sees them as foreigners.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Bihari minority in Bangladesh, decades after resettlement, still faces exclusion and hardship—despite repeated government promises. Their struggle continues. #Bangladesh #Bihari
Ukraine’s top judicial body is in crisis—empty seats, allegations of corruption and overloaded courts undermine justice. Can reforms restore public trust? #Ukraine #Judiciary #Reform
Empty Seats, Fading Trust: Ukraine’s Judicial Oversight Body in Crisis
The High Council of Justice is plagued by silence, delays and dysfunction.
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August 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ukraine’s top judicial body is in crisis—empty seats, allegations of corruption and overloaded courts undermine justice. Can reforms restore public trust? #Ukraine #Judiciary #Reform
Inside Indonesia’s Taring Padi: where art, activism and subversion collide. Meet the artists using creativity to challenge power structures. #Indonesia #ArtCollective #Activism
Inside a Subversive Artist Collective in Indonesia
Kongsi 8 gives women and gender minority artists a space to come together and create in the face of worsening repression.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Inside Indonesia’s Taring Padi: where art, activism and subversion collide. Meet the artists using creativity to challenge power structures. #Indonesia #ArtCollective #Activism
Zimbabwe’s new gold coin sale catered mainly to corporations—leaving ordinary citizens behind in the struggle for wealth stability. Experts say the initiative’s impact was “little for most.” #Zimbabwe #GoldCoin #Economy
Another Zimbabwe Gold Coin Sale Registers Little For Most
The short-lived sale catered mostly to corporations and experts said it had little effect on the economy.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Meet Dialita Choir: survivors of Indonesia’s 1960s purges transform trauma into song. Their voices keep memories—and resistance—alive in a government eager to forget. #Indonesia #Dialita #ArtAsResistance
Singing Against Silence
Women who lived through Indonesia’s anti-communist terror blend art and protest to block government plans that would honor their jailer as a hero.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Meet Dialita Choir: survivors of Indonesia’s 1960s purges transform trauma into song. Their voices keep memories—and resistance—alive in a government eager to forget. #Indonesia #Dialita #ArtAsResistance
The search for justice intensifies in the Philippines as mothers of victims killed in the drug war respond to former President Duterte's ICC arrest. Their hope, grief and activism persist. Read their stories. #ICC #Philippines #HumanRights
Mothers Demand Justice for Drug War Killings After ICC Arrests Duterte
United by grief, they’re fighting to make the former president answer for extrajudicial killings during his campaign against drug trafficking.
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August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The search for justice intensifies in the Philippines as mothers of victims killed in the drug war respond to former President Duterte's ICC arrest. Their hope, grief and activism persist. Read their stories. #ICC #Philippines #HumanRights
When legal decisions shape daily life, how judges are chosen matters. Explore the quiet battle over India’s top court appointments.
Read more in our in-depth report. #JusticeInFocus #India
Read more in our in-depth report. #JusticeInFocus #India
Who Picks India’s Judges? Inside a Hidden Battle Between the Courts and Modi’s Government
Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When legal decisions shape daily life, how judges are chosen matters. Explore the quiet battle over India’s top court appointments.
Read more in our in-depth report. #JusticeInFocus #India
Read more in our in-depth report. #JusticeInFocus #India
Books closed, campuses silent: Zimbabwe’s university strike disrupts classes for thousands. What does it mean when education stands still?
Catch up with Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #CampusLife
Catch up with Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #CampusLife
As University of Zimbabwe Strike Drags on, Pressure Mounts on the Country’s Higher Education System
Lecturers’ earnings have shrunk by nearly 90% — and students are caught in the middle of it all.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Books closed, campuses silent: Zimbabwe’s university strike disrupts classes for thousands. What does it mean when education stands still?
Catch up with Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #CampusLife
Catch up with Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #CampusLife
Overflowing labs, equipment shortages, and policy bottlenecks—Uganda’s future doctors face uphill challenges. Find out how shifts in university funding may be impacting medical education and what’s at stake for students and national health.
Details in our latest story. #HigherEd #PublicHealth
Details in our latest story. #HigherEd #PublicHealth
Uganda’s Medical Universities Are Falling Behind — Here’s Why
A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities' abilities to update equipment and to offer certain programs. Medical programs are particularly affected.
globalpressjournal.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Overflowing labs, equipment shortages, and policy bottlenecks—Uganda’s future doctors face uphill challenges. Find out how shifts in university funding may be impacting medical education and what’s at stake for students and national health.
Details in our latest story. #HigherEd #PublicHealth
Details in our latest story. #HigherEd #PublicHealth
Despite a January Supreme Court decision barring military trials of civilians, a new law now permits them under specific conditions. Critics warn this may impact due process rights ahead of the 2026 elections.
Read more on Global Press Journal. #LegalNews #Uganda #HumanRights
Read more on Global Press Journal. #LegalNews #Uganda #HumanRights
Uganda Green Lights Military Trials for Civilians Despite Court Ruling
A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical election.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Despite a January Supreme Court decision barring military trials of civilians, a new law now permits them under specific conditions. Critics warn this may impact due process rights ahead of the 2026 elections.
Read more on Global Press Journal. #LegalNews #Uganda #HumanRights
Read more on Global Press Journal. #LegalNews #Uganda #HumanRights
Behind closed doors, who shapes India’s courts? The process of picking judges could influence justice for millions.
#India #Courts
#India #Courts
Who Picks India’s Judges? Inside a Hidden Battle Between the Courts and Modi’s Government
Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Two young people live in separate relief camps, divided by conflict lines but sharing similar daily routines. Their stories highlight the ongoing situation in a region affected by displacement.
Read the full report from Global Press Journal. #Displacement #Conflict #HumanStories
Read the full report from Global Press Journal. #Displacement #Conflict #HumanStories
Two Young People. Two Camps. One Dividing Line. A Story of Conflict in India’s Northeast.
More than two years after violence erupted, members of the feuding Meitei and Kuki-Zo groups in India’s Manipur state remain divided by more than their respective relief camps.
globalpressjournal.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Two young people live in separate relief camps, divided by conflict lines but sharing similar daily routines. Their stories highlight the ongoing situation in a region affected by displacement.
Read the full report from Global Press Journal. #Displacement #Conflict #HumanStories
Read the full report from Global Press Journal. #Displacement #Conflict #HumanStories
Strike action continues at Zimbabwe’s universities over pay disputes, disrupting academic calendars and adding strain to the country’s higher education system.
Read the latest update from Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #HigherEducation #Strike
Read the latest update from Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #HigherEducation #Strike
As University of Zimbabwe Strike Drags on, Pressure Mounts on the Country’s Higher Education System
Lecturers’ earnings have shrunk by nearly 90% — and students are caught in the middle of it all.
globalpressjournal.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Strike action continues at Zimbabwe’s universities over pay disputes, disrupting academic calendars and adding strain to the country’s higher education system.
Read the latest update from Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #HigherEducation #Strike
Read the latest update from Global Press Journal. #Zimbabwe #HigherEducation #Strike
Uganda’s Parliament has passed a law allowing military courts to try civilians, reversing a Supreme Court ruling that deemed such trials unconstitutional. The law focuses on cases involving civilians connected to the military or firearms.
#Uganda #MilitaryJustice #RuleOfLaw
#Uganda #MilitaryJustice #RuleOfLaw
Uganda Green Lights Military Trials for Civilians Despite Court Ruling
A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical election.
globalpressjournal.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Uganda’s Parliament has passed a law allowing military courts to try civilians, reversing a Supreme Court ruling that deemed such trials unconstitutional. The law focuses on cases involving civilians connected to the military or firearms.
#Uganda #MilitaryJustice #RuleOfLaw
#Uganda #MilitaryJustice #RuleOfLaw
Two lives. Two camps. One border that divides more than geography. In Manipur, young adults from the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities share routines—but are separated by conflict and checkpoints. Explore their mirrored days and hopes for peace in our latest story from India’s Northeast.
Two Young People. Two Camps. One Dividing Line. A Story of Conflict in India’s Northeast.
More than two years after violence erupted, members of the feuding Meitei and Kuki-Zo groups in India’s Manipur state remain divided by more than their respective relief camps.
globalpressjournal.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Two lives. Two camps. One border that divides more than geography. In Manipur, young adults from the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities share routines—but are separated by conflict and checkpoints. Explore their mirrored days and hopes for peace in our latest story from India’s Northeast.
🚨 Uganda’s medical universities are at a crossroads: rising student numbers, but labs and basic training tools have fallen behind demand. New government funding rules could be at the root. What does this mean for the future of healthcare in Uganda?
Read the full report on Global Press Journal.
Read the full report on Global Press Journal.
Uganda’s Medical Universities Are Falling Behind — Here’s Why
A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities' abilities to update equipment and to offer certain programs. Medical programs are particularly affected.
globalpressjournal.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨 Uganda’s medical universities are at a crossroads: rising student numbers, but labs and basic training tools have fallen behind demand. New government funding rules could be at the root. What does this mean for the future of healthcare in Uganda?
Read the full report on Global Press Journal.
Read the full report on Global Press Journal.
Despite government denials, reports of extrajudicial killings persist in Uganda. What does this mean for the rule of law and public trust?
Uganda Military Denies Extrajudicial Killings, But Deaths Keep Coming
The rule of law is often at the end of a gun barrel in a country where the military increasingly gains power.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Despite government denials, reports of extrajudicial killings persist in Uganda. What does this mean for the rule of law and public trust?
Bangladesh’s garment sector is in crisis after regime change, leaving thousands—mostly women—jobless. What’s next for the workers who power the global fashion industry?
Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Face Crisis After Regime Collapse
The fall of Sheikh Hasina's government has left thousands of women jobless — and with little hope for reform.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bangladesh’s garment sector is in crisis after regime change, leaving thousands—mostly women—jobless. What’s next for the workers who power the global fashion industry?
Jakarta faces devastating floods after major cuts to disaster relief funding. How are communities coping, and what’s next for Indonesia’s disaster response?
Floods Inundate Jakarta After Cuts to Disaster Relief
A long-term solution to a historic problem appears elusive as Indonesia’s leader shifts money elsewhere.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Jakarta faces devastating floods after major cuts to disaster relief funding. How are communities coping, and what’s next for Indonesia’s disaster response?
Zimbabwe’s lithium boom is marred by rampant smuggling and corruption. As global demand soars, who really benefits from the country’s mineral wealth?
Lithium Smuggling Rampant as Zimbabwe Fails to End Corruption
Zimbabwe is among the world’s top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show only a fraction of what’s really moving out of the country.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Zimbabwe’s lithium boom is marred by rampant smuggling and corruption. As global demand soars, who really benefits from the country’s mineral wealth?