Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets: fears grow of a ‘chocolate meltdown’
Poor harvests in extreme weather conditions have led to a tripling of cocoa prices – but farmers have seen no benefit Around the world this...
Category : Global development
‘Staggering’ rise in women with reproductive health issues near DRC cobalt mines – study
Investigation reveals reports of miscarriages, infections and birth defects among women and girls in mining communities Women and girls living in cobalt-mining communities in the...
Recruitment of nurses from global south branded ‘new form of colonialism’
African nurse leaders say poorer nations face severe shortages despite rules intended to stop wealthy countries poaching staff The UK and other wealthy countries have...
Move to overturn FGM ban in the Gambia postponed
Committee will examine for at least three months a bill proposing repeal of ban on female genital mutilation A decision on whether to overturn a...
Somalia has 99% of $2bn debt cancelled in major boost to fragile recovery
Paris Club of creditor nations agree cancellation as Mogadishu moves towards financial normalisation amid ongoing conflict The Paris Club, a collection of some of the...
Darfur rape survivors gather together after ethnically targeted campaign
Group on outskirts of Geneina share stories from November when RSF and allied militias unleashed wave of sexual violence Twice a week, a group of...
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals
Progress to prevent female genital mutilation needs to be ‘27 times faster’, says UN The number of girls and women who have undergone female genital...
US denies visa to Ugandan MP who called for homosexual castration
Activists welcome sanction on Sarah Achieng Opendi and other legislators against a backdrop of anti-LGBTQ+ oppression in Africa The Ugandan MP Sarah Achieng Opendi, who...
Argentina fights against vast swarms of mosquitoes blamed for dengue surge
Tens of thousands of dengue cases recorded this year as high temperatures and rainy weather create ‘perfect formula’ for bugs In his 20 years cleaning...
Sudan’s war leaves deep scars in Geneina, a city of two massacres
People in West Darfur’s capital still step over residue from the bodies of some of the 10,000 dead, and thousands have fled Geneina, the capital...
