Raising cash for water: why Somalis are bypassing aid agencies in drought crisis
Analysis: with more than 6 million people in need, there is anger at perceived lack of action from the government and the UN The UN...
Category : Global development
Colombia urged to investigate botched army raid that left four civilians dead
March raid in remote Putumayo village was intended to target former Farc dissidents now involved in cocaine trade Colombian authorities are facing growing calls to...
Médecins Sans Frontières suspends operations in parts of Cameroon over detained staff
Health charity in an ‘untenable position’ in anglophone parts of the country as it is accused of taking sides in internal strife Medical charity Médecins...
Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups
Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity Ethiopian paramilitaries have carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing in...
How war in Ukraine is affecting food supply in Africa and the Middle East
Prices of basics such as oil and wheat are shooting up and shortages are showing on supermarket shelves in Lebanon, Somalia and Egypt Global food...
First food aid for 100 days enters Tigray under ‘humanitarian truce’
Besieged region has an estimated 2 million people suffering from an extreme lack of food A convoy of aid trucks has arrived in Tigray, the...
UK Foreign Office rushed £4.2bn of aid cuts, official audit finds
Support slashed despite warnings about impact, with offices told not to discuss plans with local partners, says National Audit Office report The British government forced...
Britain hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse and climate damage
UK Export Finance used £5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures – despite its own review raising concerns The British government...
‘We took our children and ran’: thousands displaced as Senegal’s 40-year-war crosses border
More than 6,ooo people have left their homes as renewed violence in the Casamance region spills into the Gambia It was late morning when the...
‘Africa must be self-sufficient’: John Nkengasong on learning the deadly lessons of pandemics
The outgoing director of Africa Centres for Disease Control has seen Ebola, Aids and now Covid – and warns complacency is dangerous The past five...
