Internally displaced people
- Conflict and arms, Global development, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Myanmar military kills dozens in heaviest airstrikes since 2021 coup
Ten children reportedly among those killed during intense aerial campaigns last monthMyanmar’s military has la…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official saysThousan…
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Amid Myanmar’s longest war, a people struggle to survive in the forest
For more than 70 years, Burmese military governments have waged campaigns of repression and occupation against…
- 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…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Internally displaced people, Natural disasters, Refugees, Rivers, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Peace of mind at last’: the Bangladeshi villagers digging their way out of the floods
‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes …
- Access to water, Aid, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Health, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World Health Organization, World news
Health officials warn of major outbreaks of disease after severe floods in Pakistan
Diarrhoea and malaria cases spread, with risk of dysentery and cholera, as millions of displaced people forced…
- Bangladesh, Environment, Flooding, Global development, Internally displaced people, Natural disasters, South and Central Asia, World news
After the flood: torrential monsoon rains devastate Bangladesh once again
At least 60 people have been killed and millions need help after floodwater submerged 80% of Sylhet district i…
- Aid, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I can’t go home’: families hide in Myanmar’s forests as fighting rages
As the military targets civilians and blocks aid, those who have left home to avoid violence risk death to fin…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Flooding, Global development, Internally displaced people, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
Port in a storm: the trailblazing town welcoming climate refugees in Bangladesh
The river town of Mongla is leading the way in a project to resettle people in a region decimated by extreme w…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Global development, Internally displaced people, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia
‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums
Crushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choicesThe temperature is dropping to …
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Desmond Tutu’s funeral and Kazakhstan clashes: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Mexico to Hong Kong Continue rea…
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The world on screen: the best movies from Africa, Asia and Latin America
From a Somali love story to a deep dive into Congolese rumba, Guardian writers pick their favourite recent wor…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Education, Employment, Global development, Internally displaced people, Islamic State, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, World news
‘Living in a cave is no life’: Pakistani villagers trapped by Taliban and poverty
Seven years after fleeing army clashes with militants, 100 families eking out an existence on a hillside near …
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‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals
With at least four women, including a pregnant mother, targeted and killed by Taliban fighters, female ex-offi…
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‘They came for my daughter’: Afghan single mothers face losing children under Taliban
Life for single mothers in Afghanistan has always been marred by stigma and poverty. Now with the Taliban in c…