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HEALTH: Cause of Chernobyl Thyroid Cancers Still Unclear
A massive increase in the number of thyroid cancers recorded in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia were radiation- induced ailments resulting directly from the Chernobyl nuclear accident, according to health experts.KAZAKHSTAN-BRITAIN: Energy Exports is Tops
Kazakhstan's Prime Minister has just completed a five day visit to London highlighted by intense discussions on the future of his country's energy exports.KAZAKHSTAN-BRITAIN: Energy Exports is Tops
Kazakhstan's Prime Minister has just completed a five day visit to London highlighted by intense discussions on the future of his country's energy exports.RUSSIA: Marking Time on Continental Security Pact
Considered by western European military strategists a cornerstone of future security on the continent, the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) remains unimplemented while Russia drags its feet.RUSSIA: Marking Time on Continental Security Pact
Considered by western European military strategists a cornerstone of future security on the continent, the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) remains unimplemented while Russia drags its feet.RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: Rebels Threaten All Out Offensive As Polls Near
The latest in a series of bomb attacks on the Chechen capital of Grozny, blamed on anti-Moscow rebel forces, injured two people early Wednesday morning, deepening the crisis in the Russian republic as a Dec. 17 poll date draws nearer.RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: Rebels Threaten All Out Offensive As Polls Near
The latest in a series of bomb attacks on the Chechen capital of Grozny, blamed on anti-Moscow rebel forces, injured two people early Wednesday morning, deepening the crisis in the Russian republic as a Dec. 17 poll date draws nearer.RUSSIA-DEBT: Economic Analysts Hail Debt Restructuring Pacts
Russian economic analysts have hailed Russia's pact with a group of 600 creditor banks to reschedule interest and principal payments on 32.5 billion dollars in loans as a chance to start borrowing on world capital markets.RUSSIA-DEBT: Economic Analysts Hail Debt Restructuring Pacts
Russian economic analysts have hailed Russia's pact with a group of 600 creditor banks to reschedule interest and principal payments on 32.5 billion dollars in loans as a chance to start borrowing on world capital markets.ENVIRONMENT-RUSSIA: Russia Hopes to Revive the Volga
The Volga, Europe's longest waterway, is to become the subject of a Russian government federal programme, designed to improve the environmental situation on the river and its tributaries.AZERBAIJAN: Flawed Polls, but Aliyev’s Hands Strengthened
Not unexpectedly, the outcome of last weekend's referendum on a new constitution, and the first parliamentary elections in independent Azerbaijan, strengthened the hands of president Haidar Aliyev.UKRAINE: Chernobyl Staff Fear Nuclear Plant Closure Order From West
As international pressure mounts to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station -- still running nine years after the 1986 disaster -- the 5,000 staff at the plant and their families are becoming increasingly fearful of the future.GEORGIA-POLITICS: Victory Fails to Ease Shevardnadze’s Burden
Eduard Shevardnadze scored an easy victory in last weekend's presidential elections in Georgia - and was immediately forced to confront a pile of intractable problems which offer little reason for optimism.UKRAINE: Chernobyl Staff Fear Nuclear Plant Closure Order From West
As international pressure mounts to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station -- still running nine years after the 1986 disaster -- the 5,000 staff at the plant and their families are becoming increasingly fearful of the future.GEORGIA-POLITICS: Victory Fails to Ease Shevardnadze’s Burden
Eduard Shevardnadze scored an easy victory in last weekend's presidential elections in Georgia - and was immediately forced to confront a pile of intractable problems which offer little reason for optimism.UKRAINE: Chernobyl Staff Fear Nuclear Plant Closure Order From West
As international pressure mounts to close the Chernobyl nuclear power station -- still running nine years after the 1986 disaster -- the 5,000 staff at the plant and their families are becoming increasingly fearful of the future.GEORGIA-POLITICS: Victory Fails to Ease Shevardnadze’s Burden
Eduard Shevardnadze scored an easy victory in last weekend's presidential elections in Georgia - and was immediately forced to confront a pile of intractable problems which offer little reason for optimism.RUSSIA: NGOs Condemn Sexual Discrimination In The Moscow Workplace
Sexual discrimination is preventing Russian women from enjoying the first fruits of the country's drive towards economic and political reforms, say women's rights activists here.RUSSIA: NGOs Condemn Sexual Discrimination In The Moscow Workplace
Sexual discrimination is preventing Russian women from enjoying the first fruits of the country's drive towards economic and political reforms, say women's rights activists here.ENVIRONMENT-UKRAINE: Group of Seven Talks on Chernobyl Closure
Thursday's round of talks in Kiev on funding the closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant marked the first real progress in a long running row between Ukrainian leaders and the Group of Seven (G-7) world's richest nations.ENVIRONMENT-UKRAINE: Group of Seven Talks on Chernobyl Closure
Thursday's round of talks in Kiev on funding the closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant marked the first real progress in a long running row between Ukrainian leaders and the Group of Seven (G-7) world's richest nations.« Previous Page — Next Page »
Global Citizen Festival in New York. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Active citizens are committed to social change because they know that it is achievable. However, major political challenges face active citizens across the world. For example, in authoritarian regimes in Latin America where the hegemonic party has been in power for decades on end, protestors and human rights activists face enormous repression and struggle to materialize their advocacy into concrete results. The same can be said for Africans, where a shift towards elected government in recent decades has yet to translate into an effective voice in decision-making. Now, the Strengthening Citizen Demand for Good Governance, which uses evidence-based approaches – funded by DFID's Governance and Transparency Fund – seeks to raise their voices.
In 2025, the CIVICUS Monitor’s People Power Under Attack report revealed that civic freedoms are severely limited in 122 of 198 countries and territories, and only 7.2% of the global population now lives in countries where civic space is open. Through partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and CIVICUS, IPS reporters across the continent will seek to define the extent and limits of state capability, government accountability and the responsiveness of leaders to the needs of citizens.
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