The ‘Spider-Man’ of Sudan: masked activist becomes symbol of resistance
Dressed in red and blue, ‘Spidey’ is a fixture at protests against the military regime – and the subject of a new Guardian documentary Violence...
Category : Global development
‘Incredible cruelty’: gang battles leave 150 dead in Haitian capital
Scores wounded as violence paralyses Port-au-Prince forcing thousands to flee their homes Nearly 150 people have been killed and scores wounded during gunfights between warring...
Hunger crisis grips Horn of Africa – but 80% of Britons unaware, poll shows
UK government urged to act as worst drought in 40 years threatens region while aid efforts and global attention remain focused on Ukraine war The...
Latin American feminists vow to protect abortion rights at home after shock US ruling
Women’s movements have fought hard to reverse anti-abortion laws in their countries and say it’s not the end for the US Reproductive rights activists across...
Bid to overturn Sierra Leone loitering laws that activists claim ‘criminalise poverty’
Citing claims of violence and rape by police, lawyers and activists mount legal challenge to laws brought in under British rule A case has been...
Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era
A leaked supreme court draft ruling shows the US is set to end 50 years of a woman’s right to choose. Elsewhere, the battle still...
Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns
With hunger across Horn of Africa and 600,000 children out of school, ‘desperate’ parents push more girls into early marriage Drought-afflicted areas of Ethiopia are...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
Janjaweed militia blamed for attacks that left at least 200 dead in Darfur
Death toll likely to rise, say witnesses to indiscriminate attacks on Kreinik and El Geneina by Sudan’s notorious Rapid Support Forces At least 200 people...
Tanzania’s Maasai appeal to west to stop eviction for conservation plans
Thousands of Indigenous people sign letter to UK, US and EU protesting at appropriation of land for tourist safaris and hunting Thousands of Maasai pastoralists...
