‘Take from the hungry to feed the starving’: UN faces awful dilemma
Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
Category : Global development
‘Nowhere on earth are people more at risk than Tigray,’ says WHO chief
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says even with war in Ukraine, the world must not forget the crisis unfolding ‘out of sight’ in Ethiopia’s northern region...
Protests in Sudan after alleged gang-rape of young woman by security forces
Women fear use of sexual violence as a ‘tactic’ against those protesting the coup, after attack on 18-year-old in Khartoum Demonstrations took place across Sudan...
Looting and attacks on aid workers rise as hunger adds to unrest in South Sudan
UN says 70% of the population will struggle through the coming season as humanitarian workers are killed and supplies raided Looting of emergency food supplies...
Harry and Meghan add voices to fierce critique of west’s Covid vaccine policies
Pair join Gordon Brown and 126 others in attack on ‘self-defeating nationalism, pharmaceutical monopolies and inequality’ Prince Harry and Meghan, the actor Charlize Theron and...
‘We need bread’: fears in Middle East as Ukraine war hits wheat imports
Aid agencies warn of ‘ripple effect’ as soaring wheat prices hit countries already facing inflation, food insecurity and conflict Concerns are growing across the Middle...
Black Women Photographers on what International Women’s Day means to them
We hear from a some of the members of the Black Women Photographers collective, a group facilitating greater diversity in editorial photography Black Women Photographers...
Colombia legalises abortion in move celebrated as ‘historic victory’ by campaigners
Colombia has decriminalised abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, following rulings in Mexico and Argentina that improve access to abortion Colombia has decriminalised...
‘We are afraid’: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom
Exclusive: Investigation uncovers evidence of contaminated air and water from one of Indonesia’s largest nickel mines Read more in our Battery life series A Guardian...
Scientists caution against giving animals as gifts to developing countries
Jane Goodall says such donations can have unintended consequences, especially where water is scarce It’s the classic gift given by do-gooding family members at Christmas...
