2026: Empowering Citizens, Ensuring Accountable Leadership
By EFSCRJ The Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice has declared 2026 as the Year of Empowerment, with a strategic focus on empowering citizens and ensuring accountable leadership. This resolution is grounded in our conviction that democracy thrives only when citizens are informed, organized, and active, and when leadership is subject to the
How to Run a Mission-based Organization: Lessons for Newsrooms from Doctors Without Borders
By Priscille Biehlmann, Reuters Institute Newsrooms and humanitarian organizations have something in common: staff rarely join for the paycheck. They commit to demanding, sometimes dangerous work, usually for less pay than they could earn elsewhere. They put up with difficult hours, high stakes, and emotional strain, often because they are motivated by a desire to contribute
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Ranked #1 Globally in Islamic Syndications by Bloomberg and LSEG Data & Analytics in 2025
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, January 13, 2026/ — The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has been ranked Global #1 Bookrunner and Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) in the 2025 Bloomberg and LSEG Data & Analytics Islamic Syndications League Tables, marking five consecutive years of leadership in the Islamic syndications
The African Energy Transition Provides Opportunity
By NJ Ayuk JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, January 13, 2026/ — By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org). Let’s really think about this: Today, Africa contributes less than 5% of the world’s energy-related emissions, despite being home to 19% of Earth’s population. By 2060, the continent’s population is expected to reach 28% of the global
Building Peace With The New Generation
Despite the divisions, war narratives and burdens of the 1990s, young people in the region are finding ways to build bridges and create common spaces to build a better society. This was a conclusion drawn at the international conference “Dayton Legacies: 30 Years of Peace,” held in early December 2025 in Vitez. At the panel
