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Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed into law the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which allows the death penal…
‘Landmark’ resolution in Geneva seeks to boost neglected service in all healthcare sectors, from prosthetics to physical therapyRehabilitation needs are “largely unmet globally” and in many countries less than 50% of people receive the services they re…
Workers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to claim unpaid wagesThree World Cup security guards who were detained while trying to resolve a dispute over unpaid wages are still being held in …
Centuries-old Ceiba pentandra marked where formerly enslaved people had prayed upon arrival in west AfricaA centuries-old tree that served as a historic symbol in Sierra Leone has been felled during a storm, the government has said.The 70-metre (230ft)…
The Guardian visited Angola in 2001 as the long civil war – aggravated by the interventions of Henry Kissinger – between Unita and the government neared its end. The images show how the conflict affected the people and landscape around the city of Kuit…
Member states vote to relocate the office to Denmark by the end of the year, in response to health impacts of Ukraine conflictMember states of the World Health Organization voted on Wednesday to move a Moscow-based office of the WHO to Copenhagen, and …
Daughters of Rached Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani demand justice amid continuing crackdown on dissent by President SaiedFamilies of detained Tunisian opposition politicians filed a case at the African court on human and peoples’ rights in Arusha, Tanzani…
Successful trials in Africa of NmCV-5 vaccine open the door to affordable treatment for disease that kills 250,000 people a yearAn effective, affordable meningitis vaccine has been successfully tested in Africa, raising hopes for the elimination of a d…
NGOs dismayed at reduction in Britain’s contribution as crisis-hit region faces challenges from drought, rising prices and conflict The UK has been accused of taking the “insulting and shortsighted” decision to cut humanitarian aid to east Africa at a …
More than 200 million face more intense and frequent floods due to plastic pollution blocking drainage systems, report findsA devastating 2005 flood that killed 1,000 people in the Indian city of Mumbai was blamed on a tragically simple problem: plasti…