‘Modern plunderers’: Lobito Corridor plans bring fear, hesitation in DRC | Mining News
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – From the Port of Lobito in Angola, along Africa’s Atlantic coast, runs a 1,300km (800-mile) stretch of railway…
In India’s east, farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop | Drugs
Odisha, India – Ajay Rout is an Indigenous farmer in a remote village in a southern district of India’s Odisha state. The village is surrounded by…
Nigeria’s celebratory ‘detty December’ turns sombre amid economic woes | Arts and Culture News
Lagos, Nigeria – Fade Bey’s Decembers are usually packed with activities. In the company of friends and family, she hops from one bar, club and…
IMF, Egypt reach deal to unlock $1.2bn to shore up strained public finances | Poverty and Development
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) has announced that it has…
The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla | Environment
A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the issues reported by IG Metall,…
An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits | Business and Economy
Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, several residents…
Cyclone Chido: What to know about storm that devastated France’s Mayotte | Climate News
Cyclone Chido has become the worst storm to impact the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 90 years. Here is more…
The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’ | Fossil Fuels
Whitehaven, Cumbria, northern England – “We were five miles (8km) out from here, 2,000 feet (609 metres) underground.” David Cradduck, 77, used to be one…
40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’ | Poverty and Development
Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school and welcomes the children of…
A year into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina’s poverty hits a new high | Poverty and Development News
The soup kitchen is run by the Union of Informal Economy Workers (UTEP), an organisation that represents employees without contracts or in unregulated industries. Those…
World Bank announces record $100bn support for world’s poorest countries | Poverty and Development
International development organisation says sum will be deployed to support 78 countries that ‘need it most’.The World Bank has announced that it has raised close…
Millions without power as Cuba hit by another nationwide blackout | Politics News
Authorities say Antonio Guiteras power plant shut down overnight, prompting collapse of national power grid.Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people…
How Suriname and Guyana plan to share oil and gas wealth with citizens | Oil and Gas News
The small South American country of Suriname plans to share revenues from newly discovered oil- and gasfields off its coast. After several discoveries of oil…
Fire destroys hundreds of shanty homes in Manila port slum | Poverty and Development
NewsFeedA huge fire has destroyed hundreds of shanty homes at a port in the Philippines, leaving thousands of impoverished residents homeless according to the Manila…
Lost homes and rising seas: A Nigerian coastal community fears extinction | Climate Crisis News
Lagos, Nigeria – As a child growing up in Akodo-Ise, Kadiri Malik would pass a boulevard of coconut trees on his way down to the shore…
Haitian authorities say 28 alleged gang members killed by police, residents | Conflict News
Armed gangs attacked a wealthy suburb of the capital, police say, as part of an effort to bring down the government.The Haitian National Police have…
Indonesia’s shrinking middle class casts shadow on economic rise | Business and Economy
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband Agus Saputra made a good…
Haiti’s gangs inflict ‘extreme brutality’ as casualties rise – UN report | Gun Violence News
An escalating gang war in Haiti killed or injured 1,745 people between July and September, according to a new United Nations human rights report, representing…
Angered over BRICS veto, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Brazil | Nicolas Maduro News
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’.Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent…
Commonwealth summit in Samoa: Why won’t the UK discuss slavery? | Human Rights News
Commonwealth leaders have gathered in Samoa for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this week. This is the first time the summit has…