CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

In any society, those who possess power can decide which human differences are desirable and which are not. In this way, what is valued by the dominant group sets the criteria for stigmatisation." ...

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Mr. Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, has ruled Cameroon for 43 years. He routinely disappears from public view for ...

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Vietnam is willing to share its resources, human capital, and sci-tech expertise with countries that have similar climatic and soil conditions, supporting them in developing OCOP products and ...

In the shadowy corridors of global development and humanitarian aid, a complex web of influence has quietly emerged .