カテゴリー: Ethiopia
While all eyes are on the Middle East and Ukraine, brutality still reigns in many other regions suffering many other conflictsThe world is becoming a more dangerous place. It’s an often-heard sentiment these days, but is it really true? Historical comp…
From an exuberant mountaineering woman to a boy representing unheard refugees, here are some of the brave individuals that gave us hopeNine years ago, Cecilia Llusco was one of 11 Indigenous women who made it to the summit of the 6,088 metre-high Huayn…
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’The UK has been accused by Amnesty International of “deliberately destabilising” human rights on the global stage for its own …
From Egypt to Bangladesh, photographer Lucien Migné has documented the work of marginalised groups whose livelihoods have remained largely untouched by the modernisation of work• All photographs by Lucien MignéFor a moment, the workers disappear in the…
Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt and UAE also to join club of large emerging economies in major expansionThe five Brics nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have announced the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of …
The number of people in the world has tripled in 70 years. In this visual explainer, we examine where the growth has been – and how it will change in the futureThe world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion people on 15 November – more than thr…
A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisisGlobal hunger toll soars by 150m as Covid and war make their markThe world is in the grip of an unprecedented hunger crisis…
Stefan Dercon, former UK government adviser, discusses his new book – and his belief that wealthy elites, rather than foreign cash, rescue countries from povertyA former government economist has said that aid is “close to irrelevant” in solving the pro…
Agencies forced to cut back aid in Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Ethiopia despite growing need as funds go to UkraineRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has put huge pressure on an already shrinking pot of international aid.Aid agencies working in count…
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Germany Continue reading…
Data analysis highlights the human cost if thousands of overseas projects lose fundingExperts have warned of “devastating” consequences of the UK’s foreign aid cuts after Guardian analysis revealed the UK is cutting funding at a time when major recipie…
A round-up of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Thailand to Mexico Continue reading…
Nearly 400,000 have died since it won independence 10 years ago. Now violence looms again, within and beyond its bordersIndependence isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Recent additions to the family of nations, such as Kosovo and East Timor (Timo…