Bilan is marking its first anniversary with a look back at what U.N. Development Program 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."
Some pointed to a recent landmark human rights ruling on climate change as a potential use for a Global Plastics Treaty.
Environmentalists said they were disappointed the treaty talks did not address plastic production measures.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
Reporters Without Borders warned that governments' support for press freedom around the world has been shrinking.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Russia is shipping refined petroleum to North Korea, which is supplying Russia with weapons against Ukraine, officials say.
Some pointed to a recent landmark human rights ruling on climate change as a potential use for a Global Plastics Treaty.
