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Campaigners shocked after ministers voted against the 1.2m-hectare Yavari Mirim reserve after 20 years of debateCampaigners have accused the Peruvian government of violating international human rights law and putting lives at risk in the Amazon after i…
Renewables are thriving, with Africa breaking solar energy records – but action is needed to plug financing gapThe first signs of a takeoff of Africa’s green economy are raising hopes that a transformation of the continent’s fortunes may be under way, …
Clinics providing services such as antenatal checkups have begun to disappear in one of the world’s poorest countriesA blue, burgundy and white patterned wrapper hides the swell of Joanna Banda’s belly. At eight months pregnant, she has had just three …
Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disruptedAid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medica…
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operationsThe Taliban have issued an order targeting underground beauty salons operating in secret across Afghanistan, warning the women running them th…
Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testingMalawi is facing a critical shortage of tuberculosis drugs, with health officials warning that stocks will run out by the end of Septem…
Lemi Limbu, who was convicted of murdering her daughter, has severe intellectual disabilities and ‘absolutely should not be in prison’, say campaignersPressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government to release a woman with severe intellectual disabili…
Children among dead after bus carrying Afghans deported from Iran crashed and caught fire in Herat province Seventy-eight people have died in western Afghanistan in a collision between a bus carrying Afghans who had recently been deported from Iran and…
MSF charity calls situation ‘beyond urgent’ as thousands seeking refuge from war rely on contaminated waterThe “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Fro…
Seven children reach shore as dozens of people intercepted on risky route, which authorities say is now used more oftenAbout 100 people, including several children, risked their lives by trying to swim from Morocco into Spain’s north African enclave of…