- Afghanistan, Agriculture, Animals, Environment, Global development, Insects, Locust invasions, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens wheat harvest
With 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests b…
- Africa, Europe, Global development, Internally displaced people, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Ukraine, World news
Conflict and climate disasters combine to create record rise in displaced people
War in Ukraine and Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ among events driving surge on ‘scale never seen before’ as…
- Global development, Global health, India, Migration and development, Population, Reproductive rights, Society, South and Central Asia, United Nations, World news
UN warns against alarmism as world’s population reaches 8bn milestone
UNFPA head urges countries to focus on helping women, children and marginalised people most vulnerable to demo…
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Humanitarian response, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Urgent aid appeal launched as satellite images show a third of Pakistan underwater
Humanitarian workers expect conditions to worsen as monsoon rains continue and say millions face a terrible wi…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Ethiopia, Famine, Global development, Hunger, Middle East and North Africa, Society, Somalia, South and Central Asia, South Sudan, World news, Yemen
Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond?
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an …
- Activism, Afghanistan, Culture, Dance, George Floyd, Global development, Hip-hop, Human rights, Immigration and asylum, Music, Olympic Games, Protest, Race, Rap, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US immigration, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We’re all hip-hop family’: the artists fighting to get Afghan breakdancers to safety
Nancy Yu, AKA Asia One is drawing on the hip-hop movement’s activist roots to help a group of artists and thei…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Children, Climate crisis, Coronavirus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Education, Environment, Global development, Global education, India, Middle East and North Africa, Nigeria, Philippines, Schools, Society, Somalia, South and Central Asia, United Nations, World news, Yemen
‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warns
Covid, climate breakdown, poverty and war threaten return to school after pandemic kept 1.5bn children out of …
- Afghanistan, Africa, Arms trade, Conflict and arms, Doctors, Global development, Global health, Health, Hospitals, Human rights, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, Rwanda, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTribu…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Olympic Games, South and Central Asia, Sport, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We’re so proud of her’: Afghanistan’s gutsy female cyclists ready to cheer on Ali Zada
Watching an Afghan refugee in the Olympics is a source of inspiration to many women in a country where riding …
- Africa, Aid, Boris Johnson, Charities, Conservatives, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Global development, Internally displaced people, South and Central Asia, UK news
Where UK aid cuts bite deepest – stories from the sharp end
As women and children lose out on programmes that could change their lives, Britain’s reputation has been dimi…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Art and design, Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, China, Culture, Europe, Gender, Global development, Greece, Hong Kong, Inequality, Iran, Iraq, LGBT rights, Media, Mental health, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Nigeria, Photography, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sweden, Transgender, Turkey, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We have more in common than what separates us’: refugee stories, told by refugees
In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced b…