Global development Archives - Page 15 of 50 - 2020

Soaring number of migrants trapped in Yemen face abuse and starvation, say NGOs

TheWorldsNewsMay 9, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 9, 20240

Urgent funding needed to help people return home as humanitarian crisis reaches critical levels, according to migration organisation The number of African migrants stranded in...

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UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army

TheWorldsNewsMay 8, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 8, 20240

Activists call move ‘absurd’, as Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Museveni, is accused of torture and abusing critics Senior British government officials have congratulated...

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‘A colonial mindset’: why global aid agencies need to get out of the way

TheWorldsNewsMay 7, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 7, 20240

With the world’s humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less cost Before civil war...

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Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island

TheWorldsNewsMay 6, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 6, 20240

Researchers say more bodies of Herero and Nama people from early 20th century concentration camp could be in waters around port The Namibian authorities are...

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Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’

TheWorldsNewsMay 3, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 3, 20240

Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals The tobacco company Philip Morris has sponsored...

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Essential supplies running out as RSF paramilitary encircles Darfur’s largest city

TheWorldsNewsMay 2, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 2, 20240

The population of El Fasher, which includes thousands of displaced people, is in ‘dire need of food, medicine and water’ Water, food and fuel supplies...

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Chagos Islanders fear loss of identity as birth certificates altered to remove disputed homeland

TheWorldsNewsMay 2, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsMay 2, 20240

Birthplace and parents’ names are being removed from passports and birth certificates as Mauritius stakes claim to the island Exiled islanders from the disputed British-owned...

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Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

TheWorldsNewsApril 28, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsApril 28, 20240

Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped Honduras is being taken to a global...

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Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows

TheWorldsNewsApril 25, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsApril 25, 20240

The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally Sudan had the world’s largest...

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Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group

TheWorldsNewsApril 25, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsApril 25, 20240

Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict Burkina Faso’s military summarily executed...

Category : Global development

Soaring number of migrants trapped in Yemen face abuse and starvation, say NGOs

UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army

‘A colonial mindset’: why global aid agencies need to get out of the way

Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island

Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’

Essential supplies running out as RSF paramilitary encircles Darfur’s largest city

Chagos Islanders fear loss of identity as birth certificates altered to remove disputed homeland

Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows

Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group

Weather tracker: Storms make way for summer heat in Europe

Chinese aircraft carrier group enters waters near Japan’s easternmost island for first time

Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister

Tropical storm Barbara off south-west Mexico coast could become hurricane

Scott Morrison sought advice to obstruct Nauru asylum seekers from accessing abortions, documents reveal

Russia claims it will begin talks with US...

Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment...

Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB...

Libyan presidential vote will not go ahead on...

China accuses Australia of ‘violent’ interference in Five...

Weather tracker: Storms make way for summer heat in Europe

Chinese aircraft carrier group enters waters near Japan’s easternmost island for first time

Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister

Kenya tells tea factories to cut ties with Rainforest Alliance due to costs

Home Office accused of ‘racist crackdown’ on Nigerians after denial of visit visa

UK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena Kennedy

Tropical storm Barbara off south-west Mexico coast could become hurricane

Supreme court strikes down Mexico’s lawsuit against US gunmakers

‘The US was our El Dorado’: Africans on Trump’s travel bans and taxes

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