“It’s like a gag order.” That’s how Pilar  García, country representative for Cuso International in Peru, describes a new law in that country that targets non-profit organizations to prevent them from supporting projects that promote human rights, gender equality or LGBTQ+. The new law, which went into effect in April, expands the powers of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) so it can limit the operations of non-profit organizations that are deemed to be too critical of...

Since 2017, the armed conflict between the Cameroon Armed Forces and armed separatist groups, known as the Ambazonia War or the Cameroon Civil War, has affected Cameroon’s Anglophone region. The ongoing violence has had catastrophic impacts on the civilian population. Many live in terror and uncertainty, almost half a million people have been either displaced or forced to migrate to neighbouring Nigeria, and thousands of lives have been claimed. This includes Theresa, who moved to Ogoja after...