Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks
Activists from global south demand recompense for damage from countries most responsible for crisis Young people from some of the countries most affected by climate...
Category : Global development
Venezuela’s mining region a hotbed of sex trafficking and violence, UN says
Fact-finding mission reports brutal massacres and sexual slavery in gold-rich arc where armed gangs fight for control Struggling to get by amid Venezuela’s runaway inflation,...
Prince Harry wildlife NGO under fire after elephants kill three in Malawi
African Parks, of which the prince is president, is one of three parties accused of rushing a mass translocation of the mammals Two wildlife organisations,...
Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga found guilty of inciting violence
Novelist given suspended sentence after staging peaceful protest calling for political reform Renowned Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been given a suspended prison sentence after...
More than 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade – report
Figures likely to be an underestimate, says Global Witness, as land defenders are killed by hitmen, crime groups and governments More than 1,700 murders of...
‘Humanitarian crime’: fighting cuts off insulin supply in Tigray
International Diabetic Federation decries reports ongoing war has led to shortages of life-saving drug at Ethiopian region’s biggest hospital Doctors at the biggest hospital in...
Horn of Africa drought puts 3.6m children at risk of dropping out of school
Experts warn that girls’ education will be worst hit, as many families are forced to move away from schools More than 3.5 million children are...
Libyan militia detains hundreds of Chadians after poachers arrested
At least 400 Chadian workers rounded up in east Libyan town of Ajdabiya after security forces in Chad arrest four Libyan poachers Hundreds of Chadians...
Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters
Families demand DNA tests to identify if their relatives are among thousands of unclaimed bodies in hospital morgues The families of those missing after three...
DRC officials tumble as bridge collapses at ribbon-cutting ceremony
Spectators shout in apparent glee as dignitaries struggle to get off crumpled structure during launch Dignitaries gathered to inaugurate a footbridge in the capital of...
