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03/07/2025

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03/06/2025

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03/05/2025

Celebrating 19 years of world-changing journalism!

02/28/2025

In Uganda, the supreme court ruled that civilians can’t be tried in military court. In reality, civilians who oppose the president remain in prison.

02/20/2025

In Zimbabwe, banks heavily rely on foreign currency for transactions, trade financing and maintaining reserves. Analysts predict that the US executive order will destabilize an already fragile banking system, leading to a liquidity crisis in which banks will struggle to meet withdrawal demands. Without adequate access to foreign currency, banks may have to dramatically tighten their lending belts, potentially strangling the very economic activity they’re meant to support.

02/15/2025

Last week saw the swift dismantling of USAID - a move by the administration of US President Donald Trump that had immediate, irreversible impacts.

Food aid stopped, refugees were left stranded and access to HIV medication disappeared, all while a new outbreak of Ebola threatened to tear through Uganda. Babies in Nepal, doctors said, are almost sure to starve. TB is likely to reemerge.

Global Press reporters live and work in countries where the effects of the USAID shutdown are acutely felt. They talked with people who were immediately affected, and with experts who fear that countless people are going to die.

02/07/2025

“Most people who buy fuel here are men, and the expectation is that, as a woman, I cannot enforce the expected rules,” says Clara Murengwa, a fuel attendant in Harare, Zimbabwe. “All women in such roles should not be afraid to break barriers because we are all equal.”

Read more about women breaking barriers in male-dominated fields: https://globalpressjournal.com/galleries/let-dare-women-break-barriers-male-dominated-fields-around-world/

📸 Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe

02/05/2025

Batnyam Nyambayar, 6, shows off his cup-stacking skills at a children’s festival in Dalanzadgad, Mongolia.

See how people of all ages come together through games around the world: https://globalpressjournal.com/galleries/12-glimpses-games-around-world/

📸 Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu, GPJ Mongolia

02/04/2025

Antibiotic resistance is here. Millions of people are dying.

Global Press reporters across seven countries joined forced to produce this unique, insightful look at a global health problem that will kill more people than cancer by 2050.

Scientists and doctors can't keep up with the tidal wave of people whose bodies don't respond to basic antimicrobial treatment.

02/03/2025

As the Trump Administration dismantles , officials sound the alarm: Babies in Nepal will starve.

See the dire warnings from as the consequences of a world without USAID take hold.

The US government's abrupt stop-work order halts a 72-million-dollar project designed to end malnutrition.

02/03/2025

Convicted of serious crimes, some walk free thanks to presidential pardons. Now, growing outrage and a Supreme Court ruling are forcing change.

🔗 Read more: https://globalpressjournal.com/asia/nepal/nepals-president-let-husbands-killer-go-free-widow-took-stand/

📝 By Sunita Neupane, GPJ Nepal

02/01/2025

Young Haitians are embracing Vodou — a religion with deep historical roots and revolutionary significance. Long marginalized, it’s now at the center of a growing movement led by the next generation.

🔗 Read more: https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/haiti/haiti-young-people-driving-vodou-revival/

📝 By Verlande Cadet, GPJ Haiti

01/31/2025

Uganda’s charcoal ban aims to fight deforestation and promote cleaner cooking fuels. But small businesses are feeling the strain as prices skyrocket and affordable alternatives remain out of reach.

How can the country balance tradition, cost and sustainability?

🔗 Read the full story: https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/uganda/charcoal-ban-drives-prices-uganda-putting-small-businesses-bind/

📝 By Edna Namara, GPJ Uganda

01/29/2025

Tiaré Girón’s three children all died from a rare genetic disorder that doctors could not diagnose. Instead of retreating into grief, she founded Un Bolillo para todos, a nonprofit that now supports thousands of families struggling with their children’s rare illnesses.

Girón’s organization provides medicine, emotional support and personal essentials often overlooked by hospitals. Her work is a promise to her late children and a lifeline for others facing the same challenges.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/mexico/losing-three-children-rare-disease-grieving-mother-eases-burdens-parents-like/

📝 By Aline Suárez del Real | GPJ Mexico

01/26/2025

LGBTQ+ people in Uganda are facing rising evictions and threats after the anti-homosexuality law passed last year. Many have lost homes and livelihoods, forcing some to live in hiding. A network of shelters is working to provide safety in this difficult time.

The Uganda Minority Shelters Consortium and its partners have supported hundreds of people across the country. To keep residents safe, they are adapting quietly. Shelters move to smaller houses, change how they operate, and avoid drawing attention.

John Grace, who leads the consortium, understands the urgency. After being cut off by his own family, he now focuses on creating safe spaces where others can rebuild their lives.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/uganda/network-hope-shelters-uganda-unite-safely-house-lgbtq-people/

📝 By Beatrice Lamwaka, GPJ Uganda

01/24/2025

In the Centla wetlands of Mexico, rising water levels and climate change are testing a way of life that has existed for generations. Residents are adapting by rebuilding homes on stilts, growing food above water and restoring mangroves that sustain the ecosystem.

Their efforts show how communities can fight to preserve both their traditions and the environment.

🔗 Read more: https://globalpressjournal.com/americas/mexico/residents-mexicos-biggest-wetland-bracing-unpredictable-future/

📝 By Adriana Alcázar González, GPJ Mexico

01/23/2025

Nepal’s journalists face a double burden: unpaid wages and rising government censorship. New bills are tightening media control, sparking concerns for press freedom.

Will Nepal’s media persevere through this "watershed moment"?

Read more: https://globalpressjournal.com/asia/nepal/nepals-media-landscape-faces-watershed-moment/

📝 By Sunita Neupane, GPJ Nepal