Sunday, April 19, 2026
News and Views from the Global South
Blamed for ‘Causing’ Droughts: Zimbabwe’s LGBTQI Community Faces Climate Crisis Head-on
Takudzwa Saruwaka is hoeing weeds in a cowpea field in eastern Zimbabwe one morning in February, trying to beat torrential rains threatening from the gray clouds above.
Rising Opposition Movement Looks to Political Renewal, Stemming Erosion of Democracy in Hungary
The Central European nation of Hungary is officially a democracy. But civil society, the media and democratic norms have increasingly come under threat as the Fidesz-KDNP coalition government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has entrenched autocratic rule over the past 14 years. Now a new wave of energy and popularity is driving the younger opposition movement into the spotlight ahead of next year’s parliamentary election.
Call for Rural Agriculture Investment, Less Food Wastage to Address Global Hunger
The politics of global food consumption remain contentious, with the upcoming COP28 taking place against the backdrop of worsening food deficits in the Global South.
From Child Laborer to Activist, Tara Banjara Asks World to Pledge to End the Scourge
Tara Banjara was four and a half years old when her parents put her to work on the roads, cleaning the garbage and rubble out of potholes to prepare for construction in Nemdi village, Rajasthan, India. She worked in the wind, cold, and rain with her mother, day in and day out, year in and year out. She would return home shattered, too exhausted to eat before falling asleep each night.
Constant Checks Necessary to Maintain Integrity of Kariba Dam Wall
Lake Kariba is one of the world largest artificial lakes. The wall that holds the water in the resevoir was built between 1955 and 1959. Since then it has remained a work in progress. Each working day a team of experts checks the integrity of the dam wall to ensure it does not collapse under the weight of the water it holds back.*#*
As the world celebrates 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation and ahead of World Water Day on 22nd March, IPS Africa will be providing coverage of transboundary water-related issues in southern Africa, with a focus on the Zambezi River Basin. The coverage, a component of the Southern Africa Water Wire, is part of a process of training journalists from the southern African region in reporting water governance; infrastructure development; water management; capacity development; climate change adaptation; and social development, which form the strategic areas and objectives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Strategic Action Plan III. Nine print and radio journalists recently completed training and reporting from Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River, the fourth largest river in Africa. The Zambezi is shared by six countries in Southern Africa. The Southern Africa Water Wire provides in-depth coverage of a diverse range of water-related issues in Southern Africa, linking water to economic development, social well-being and environmental protection.
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