INTERVIEWS

‘Calling this a free and fair election would be a betrayal to the people of Maldives’

Shahindha Ismail | MALDIVES

DEMOCRACY

SOUTH ASIA

30.Aug.2023

‘We’ll participate in COP28 to pressure world leaders to divert funding away from oil and gas’

Zaki Mamdoo | UGANDA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

EAST AFRICA

29.Aug.2023

‘Election violence is a cover for ideological ambivalence and lack of substantive programmes’

Wellington Mbofana | ZIMBABWE

DEMOCRACY

SOUTHERN AFRICA

28.Aug.2023

AI: ‘The biggest challenges are the biases and lack of transparency of algorithms’

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team | GLOBAL

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL

24.Aug.2023

‘Our society has finally become sensitised to domestic and gender-based violence’

Victoria Petrova | BULGARIA

INCLUSION

EUROPE

22.Aug.2023

‘For us, climate change is not an abstract concept of future concern but an urgent reality of the present’

Disha Ravi | INDIA

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL

18.Aug.2023

‘Threats don’t solve problems; the international response must emphasise dialogue and negotiation’

Clément Kocou Gbedey | NIGER

‘Democracy has allowed room for organised crime and narco-politics to grow’

Mauricio Alarcón Salvador | ECUADOR

‘The situation is becoming more tense as we approach the 2024 elections’

Sadikh Niass and Iba Sarr | SENEGAL

‘True freedom cannot be granted by external forces; it needs to be claimed by people’

Tolekan Ismailova | KYRGYZSTAN

FREEDOMS

CENTRAL ASIA

10.Aug.2023

OUR 2026 INTERVIEWS, MAPPED

INTERVIEWS

CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

29 Jan 2016753285059785158

Uganda’s presidential election extended Yoweri Museveni’s four-decade rule amid repression, violence and a hollowed-out civic space. While democratic forms remain, dissent is increasingly neutralised.
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CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

23 Jan 2014631757165830283

Protests against corruption spread across African countries as living costs rise & public services fail. In this interview, Ruth Kolevsohn explains why global systems struggle to confront political corruption.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Ruth-Kolevsohn
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22 Jan 2014273135659352411

Belarus has seen limited political prisoner releases amid ongoing repression. In this interview, Mikola Dziadok reflects on why freedom must be defended consistently, as many detainees remain behind bars.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Mikola-Dziadok
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CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance ·

21 Jan 2013862928135360874

Violence continues in eastern DRC despite a peace agreement signed in 2025. In this interview, Crispin Ngakani explains how economic and strategic interests are prolonging a decades-long conflict.
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‘Behind the rhetoric of peace and stability, economic and strategic interests are prolonging the...

CIVICUS discusses the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with Crispin Ngakani, a Cong...

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20 Jan 2013550876254761336

HIV remains a global public health and human rights issue, with marginalised communities most affected by criminalisation & stigma. Samuel Matsikure explains why civic space & community leadership are key to change.
Read more: http://web.civicus.org/Samuel-Matsikure
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