カテゴリー: Global development
The potential arrival of a highly transmissable variant could overwhelm health systems already struggling after military coupDoctors in Myanmar have warned the country would be unable to cope with a major outbreak of Covid-19 as hospitals and medical f…
Children in overcrowded Cox’s Bazar settlement likely to suffer most from reduced humanitarian spending, say campaignersThe government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more…
Refugee organisation says 30m new displacements last year were due to floods, storms or wildfiresIntense storms and flooding triggered three times more displacements than violent conflicts did last year, as the number of people internally displaced wor…
Thuzar Wint Lwin, in dress of besieged Chin minority, highlights brutal repression since coup in Myanmar In the months leading up to the Miss Universe pageant, most contestants were busy making promotional films and rehearsing for their moment in the l…
Rozina Islam’s family claim reporter has been assaulted and subject to ‘mental torture’ by policeOne of Bangladesh’s most prominent investigative journalists, known for her anti-corruption reporting and criticism of the government’s response to Covid-1…
I am exhausted by corporate Australia’s celebration of the rising economic tide, as the world divides into one of medical oases and deserts“Many people are dying,” Pralhad tells me. He pauses. “But it is not useful to be paralysed. We must act.”Pralhad…
When Covid shut schools, fees still had to be paid even if rural pupils could not access online lessons Iqbal Khan works as a chauffeur in Lahore. His children are in his home village in a rural area north of Peshawar. Both of these very different area…
Amid political turmoil and an overwhelmed health system, young activists are stepping up in response to the pandemicA ping and: “ICU bed needed. Please it’s urgent.” Another ping: “Where can I find Remdesivir. EMERGENCY.” Ping: “Very urgent oxygen cyli…
Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blastsLatifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at Kabul’s Sayed Al-Shuhada school for the past three years.When Latifa transferred to S…
I’ve watched from the UK as family and friends share increasingly desperate news. Nepal’s leaders have ensured the lack of preparationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWaiting for India’s Covid wave to break over Nepal has bee…
India’s tragedy could be followed by Africa’s, campaigners warn, as wealthy nations fail to extend vaccines – and decide who will live or dieCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe past seven days has been a picture of two pande…
Foreign ministry responds to west’s human rights claims, saying countries should ‘face up to their own problems’China has rejected accusations of human rights abuse and economic coercion, made by G7 foreign ministers, accusing them of “blatantly meddli…
Decision to allow expeditions to go ahead dealt blow after outbreak on world’s seventh highest mountainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal’s decision to allow people to continue to climb its Himalayan peaks as a vicious Co…
Dr Chahat Verma saw five patients die in a day as India’s Covid crisis overwhelms hospitalsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDuring the past week, when oxygen was periodically running out at Ganga Ram hospital, one thing Dr Ch…
Fatima Khalil school has given some children the first taste of education – and love – in their livesLaughter and excited chatter burst out of the colourfully painted classrooms. In a quiet garden schoolhouse amid the jam-packed Afghan capital, Kabul, …