カテゴリー: Global development
Demands for freedom of speech in the wake of Li Wenliang’s death have been censored by the authorities amid widespread outpouring of anger Coronavirus outbreak – latest updatesThe death of a whistleblowing Chinese doctor who was punished for trying to …
Refugees in Cox’s Bazar complain the international aid community does not utilise their experience and say the lack of education risks creating a ‘lost generation’In a tea room just outside Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, a group of young activist…
Refugees in Cox’s Bazar complain the international aid community does not utilise their experience and say the lack of education risks creating a ‘lost generation’In a tea room just outside Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, a group of young activist…
More than 80,000 African students are in China, with 5,000 thought to be in WuhanCoronavirus – latest updatesThousands of African students in Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, face dwindling food supplies, limited information and lockdowns…
Women who were forced into sex work are helped to seek justice by a unique scheme that trains them as lawyersSaira* wants to become a lawyer so she can put her rapists in jail. “I want to fight my own case and put those monsters behind bars,” says the …
Khalid Mollah died while working among the thousands who dismantle old ships in Chittagong. Now, in a test case that could transform the industry, his widow is suing the firm that sold the vessel for scrapKhalid Mollah was uneducated, illiterate and ou…
I still wonder whether he would have survived with access to treatments we would have used in the UKThe boy’s hands were very cold. He was about 13 or 14 but looked younger, with untidy dark hair. He had been bitten by a snake and was now severely unwe…
Hundreds leave Wuhan as confirmed cases in China reach almost 6,000 and first cases reported in Middle EastCoronavirus crisis – latest updatesJapan and the US have airlifted hundreds of their citizens from Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak,…
Government says schools to face more scrutiny after report that thousands may have been victims of paedophile ringAfghanistan’s attorney general has launched an investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 500 schoolboys, following the discovery o…
Scott Morrison says vulnerable will be flown out of Chinese province and isolated for up to 14 days in joint New Zealand operation• China coronavirus outbreak – latest updatesAustralia has unveiled plans to evacuate some of its nationals from Wuhan and…
Critics may carp, but stellar lineups, celebrity sightings and swarming crowds make Jaipur the world’s biggest literary eventFor a country too often associated with poverty and bad news, the annual Jaipur literature festival is a matter of national pri…
Chief minister argues initiative will empower women, but move sparks controversy in conservative Indian stateWhen women reach the polling booths to cast their vote in current village council elections in Rajasthan, they may be asked to remove their vei…
Experts fear latest strain of virus may spread across planet from person to person It is a novel coronavirus – that is to say, a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals…
Decreased flows caused by water-hungry neighbours, especially India, are damaging river communities• All photographs by Kaamil AhmedHolding his downturned palm level with his waist, Musana Robi Das indicates how tall he was when he started working on B…
Bills introduced by ruling Communist party will bring in heavy fines and the threat of jail to stifle debate, say criticsJail terms of up to five years could be imposed on people in Nepal who post “offensive” comment on social media sites, including Fa…