Bilan marked its first year with a look back at what UNDP calls 'a year of smashing taboos and shining a light on stories other media have long ignored.'
For a small team of Somali women, the work of news reporting is an exercise in overcoming misogyny, discrimination and street abuse – sometimes while pregnant or toting along a newborn.
Bilan, a news startup led and operated by women from Somalia's capital Mogadishu, is marking its first anniversary on Tuesday with a look back at what the United Nations Development Program calls "a year of smashing taboos and shining a light on stories other media have long ignored."
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
Minimum wage workers in the E.U. had the most purchasing power in Germany and the least in Estonia.
The South African president invoked Nelson Mandela's emphasis on global 'interdependence' and cooperation.
Billionaires' wealth 'surged' by $2 trillion in a year, while 44% of the world population lives on less than $6.85 a day.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
