Commonwealth Sports ministers reaffirm commitment to sport and development at Glasgow Games

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Commonwealth sports ministers agreed to increase cooperation on sport to bolster access to funding and for development and peace at the 12th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting (12CSMM) in Glasgow, Scotland, on the eve of the 23rd Commonwealth Games.

Challenging Peru’s Anti-NGO Law: The Fight For Independent Journalism

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A Peruvian law in force since April 2025 lets the government vet the work of any media outlet or civil society organisation that receives foreign funding, requiring official approval before a project can begin and barring the use of that funding to sue the state.

UNICEF INNOCENTI: Women in Learning Leadership: Guinea Women’s Leadership for School Success

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Highlights Expanding women’s leadership in schools can strengthen both gender equality and education quality. Yet in Guinea, women account for 35 per cent of primary teachers but only 7 per cent of primary school head teachers. This report explores the barriers limiting women’s progression into school leadership and identifies practical pathways for change.

AVPN Global Conference 2026 25 - 27 August 2026 Bharat Mandapam New Delhi, India

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A Blueprint for Action in Asia Asia’s largest gathering of social investors and impact leaders comes to New Delhi, India.

AI Does Not Eliminate The Need For Human Judgment

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UNU Rector Tshilidzi Marwala speaks with Forbes Africa for a cover story on the future of AI in Africa. Date Published 14 Aug 2026

Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC

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August 2026 Joint News Release Kinshasa Reading time: 4 min (1049 words) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care.

UN land conference opens in Mongolia to accelerate global action on restoration and resilience

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17 August 2026 Press release As land degradation, drought and water scarcity increasingly threaten food security, livelihoods and stability, UNCCD COP17 will place healthy land at the centre of human wellbeing and prosperity

INDIA: Immediately release Indigenous rights defender Pranab Doley and withdraw all fabricated charges against him

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Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE) condemns, in the strongest terms, the unlawful and unjust arrest of Indigenous rights defender Pranab Doley on 12 July 2026 in the northeastern state of Assam in India. We call on the concerned state and central authorities of India to immediately release him and drop all fabricated charges against him.

World Bank Board Destroys Trust in Its Accountability System

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"How can one trust an institution’s commitment to accountability when it undermines and overrules its own independent accountability mechanism?"

USA: New Mexico Meta ruling an important step towards safer social media for children

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Responding to a New Mexico judge’s ruling that Meta’s platform design harmed children, Amnesty International USA’s Deputy Director of Research, Justin Mazzola, said: “This verdict is an important step towards creating safer social media for children and young people..."

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