‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while ...
Tag: Poverty and Development
‘It’s the only way’: Migrants, army face-off along S Africa-Zimbabwe border
Musina, South Africa – Every day, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa – sometimes via ...
In India’s east, farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop
Odisha, India – Ajay Rout is an Indigenous farmer in a remote village in a southern district of India’s Odisha state. ...
IMF, Egypt reach deal to unlock $1.2bn to shore up strained public finances
Washington, DC-based lender says Cairo agreed to raise tax-to-revenue ratio and accelerate divestment of state-owned firms.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ...
The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla
A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the ...
An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits
Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state ...
Cyclone Chido: What to know about storm that devastated France’s Mayotte
Cyclone Chido has become the worst storm to impact the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in ...
40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’
Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school ...
A year into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina’s poverty hits a new high
The soup kitchen is run by the Union of Informal Economy Workers (UTEP), an organisation that represents employees without contracts ...
World Bank announces record $100bn support for world’s poorest countries
International development organisation says sum will be deployed to support 78 countries that ‘need it most’.The World Bank has announced ...
How Suriname and Guyana plan to share oil and gas wealth with citizens
The small South American country of Suriname plans to share revenues from newly discovered oil- and gasfields off its coast. ...
Fire destroys hundreds of shanty homes in Manila port slum
NewsFeedA huge fire has destroyed hundreds of shanty homes at a port in the Philippines, leaving thousands of impoverished residents ...
Indonesia’s shrinking middle class casts shadow on economic rise
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband ...
Could legal bid stop ‘cruel’ UK government plan to axe winter fuel benefit?
A couple from Scotland is suing the UK government over its decision to abolish an allowance for at least 10 ...
Angered over BRICS veto, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Brazil
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’.Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a ...
Commonwealth summit in Samoa: Why won’t the UK discuss slavery?
Commonwealth leaders have gathered in Samoa for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this week. This is the ...
‘We’ll never forget’: Town grieves after deadly Nigeria fuel tanker blast
Majia, Nigeria – Days after a fuel tanker explosion killed 170 mostly young people in Majia, a farming town in ...
COVID, mpox, cholera: Is the world prepared for another pandemic?
Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization ...
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