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Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s east Africa global development correspondent, Caroline Kimeu, about the challenges and tensions at play at the inaugural climate summitRead more reporting from Caroline Kimeu here Continue reading…
New law in Sindh introduces ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure vaccination of children against range of infectious diseasesParents in Pakistan who refuse to get their children vaccinated against infectious diseases could be jailed or fined under a new …
Traders close shops, electricity bills are set alight and utility firm staff are attacked as anger rises over living costs and political strifeProtests against rising electricity and petrol prices have rocked Pakistan over the past week, with thousands…
Johnson & Johnson’s year-long deal on life-saving drug bedaquiline is seen as critical move in campaign against diseaseThe cost of a crucial tuberculosis treatment has been halved after an agreement was made to allow the sale of generic versions of…
Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by…
Medical records from across the region show sexual violence continues to be used ‘to intimidate and terrorise communities’Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers continue a widespread and systematic campaign of rape in Tigray despite the peace agreement signed…
Two cases to be heard this month could serve as legal precedent to outlaw the holding of patients against their will for unpaid billsTwo women who were prevented from leaving hospital over unpaid medical bills are to have their case against Ugandan aut…
Concerns mount as ultraconservative Republican party’s ‘right to life’ proposal could be enshrined in constitutionThe hard-won right to an abortion in Chile is at risk of being overturned, activists have warned, as the country’s far right moves to ensh…
Activists fear the billionaire’s legacy will be lost as his Open Society Foundations curbs its activities across the EUHe survived the Nazi occupation of his native Hungary, made a fortune on Wall Street and became one of the most steadfast backers of …
Of 2,664 households interviewed in Croix-des-Bouquets and Delmas, 2,596 were usually getting one meal a day, survey foundHaiti’s hunger crisis is now so acute that 97% of households in some areas around the capital are suffering from severe hunger, acc…