It is us we are waiting for! Africa needs to shape its own conservation and climate agenda
Kaddu Sebunya
The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress offers a chance to find a way to balance economic growth with conserving wilderness
March 2021
Seascape: the state of our oceans
EU accused of ‘neocolonial’ plundering of tuna in Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean states say EU pushing weakest conservation efforts for yellowfin tuna while EU ‘distant fleet’ hoovers up the most fish
October 2018
From the agencies
The sand diggers of Mali – in pictures
A building boom in the capital, Bamako, has sparked a surge in demand for bricks made from high-quality sand dug by hand from the bed of the Niger River. The diggers’ work is poorly paid and carries many dangers, from the treacherous river currents to powerful storms that threaten their fragile craft
April 2017
Recorded childhood cancers rise by 13% worldwide, study finds
Survival rates improve across the globe, as increase in cases over 20 years attributed largely to better detection and recording
March 2017
UK ignoring £323m annual impact of Brexit on poorest nations, report warns
Overseas Development Institute says UK has moral duty to avoid harming people in developing countries, which will lose out if existing export terms end
December 2016
Commodity price falls mean poorest countries miss UN poverty goals
Unctad reports weakest year of GDP growth in 20 years for least developed nations, scuppering hopes that half would escape extreme poverty by 2020
August 2016
Women's rights and gender equality
Family planning is a key development goal that needs greater investment
Letter: A dollar invested in family planning returns multiple dollars in savings in other development sectors. It must therefore be reclassified as a development intervention
May 2016
Women's rights and gender equality
Gender inequality ‘an insurmountable obstacle for many women’
UN population fund says lack of empowerment affects every aspect of life for women in the world’s 48 least developed countries
April 2016
The solution to the migrant crisis is jobs in low income countries
Axel M Addy in Monrovia and Joakim Reiter in Geneva
Migrants will continue to flow to the west if real investment isn’t made to improve the economy of least developed countries
February 2016
Water in development
Sinking states: the islands facing the effects of climate change
As sea levels rise, communities living on the most vulnerable Pacific Ocean islands must make a decision: relocate or stay and face the rising tides
January 2016
The aid pie is growing, but the poorest countries get a smaller slice
Adrian Lovett
Aid is going up, but billions of people who count on it are receiving less as funds are diverted to refugees and other crises
December 2015
China joins poor countries in pointing finger at wealthy states over emissions
With Paris climate talks nearing critical juncture, Chinese chief negotiator calls on rich countries to take responsibility for historical greenhouse gas emissions
November 2015
Europe's leaders must devise a global trading system that puts the poor first
Ruth Bergan
The EU’s professed commitment to sustainable development is not reflected in its proposed text for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
August 2015
Millennium development goals: the final countdown
Should aid still flow to middle-income nations or are the poorest the priority?
Sara Harcourt and Judith Tyson
Millennium development goals: the final countdown
What is the millennium development goal on global partnerships all about?
April 2015
Foreign aid close to record peak after donors spend $135bn in 2014
World Bank welcomes China's new bank as means to fight poverty
November 2014
Poor countries must undergo economic transformation to beat poverty, says UN
Unctad urges least developed countries to innovate, upgrade skills and focus on more sophisticated products and activities
October 2014
The big picture: how film can fuel development
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From the agenciesThe sand diggers of Mali – in picturesA building boom in the capital, Bamako, has sparked a surge in demand for bricks made from high-quality sand dug by hand from the bed of the Niger River. The diggers’ work is poorly paid and carries many dangers, from the treacherous river currents to powerful storms that threaten their fragile craft
