What’s the Caribbean without its beaches? But the people are losing access to them
Barring public access to beaches and other sites is not a model for development. Transparency and engagement are needed Walk along a Caribbean beach, which...
Category : Global development
Burkina Faso is the world’s ‘most neglected crisis’ as focus remains on Ukraine
Chronic emergencies in Africa are being ignored while Ukraine dominates headlines and receives more funding, says NGO The displacement of 2 million people in Burkina...
Ethiopian Airlines faces legal case over claims it blocks Tigrayans from travel
Passengers accuse airline of refusing to sell tickets to people from the ethnic minority to fly from northern region to Addis Ababa A civil society...
Stop dumping your cast-offs on us, Ghanaian clothes traders tell EU
With 100 tons of clothing from the west discarded every day in Accra, ‘fast fashion’ brands must be forced to help pay for the choking...
Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts
Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’ Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed...
World Health Assembly commits to boosting global access to rehabilitation
‘Landmark’ resolution in Geneva seeks to boost neglected service in all healthcare sectors, from prosthetics to physical therapy Rehabilitation needs are “largely unmet globally” and...
Kissinger at 100: The ‘bloody, dreadful, filthy’ Angolan civil war – in pictures
The Guardian visited Angola in 2001 as the long civil war – aggravated by the interventions of Henry Kissinger – between Unita and the government...
World Cup security guards still jailed in Qatar after dispute over unpaid wages
Workers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to claim unpaid wages Three World Cup security...
Sierra Leone’s symbolic Cotton Tree falls during storm in Freetown
Centuries-old Ceiba pentandra marked where formerly enslaved people had prayed upon arrival in west Africa A centuries-old tree that served as a historic symbol in...
Families ask human rights court to free jailed Tunisian opposition leaders
Daughters of Rached Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani demand justice amid continuing crackdown on dissent by President Saied Families of detained Tunisian opposition politicians filed a...