Global development

‘They don’t want to give power to girls’: the women shaking up Colombia’s graffiti scene
In the once war-torn suburb of Medellín, murals draw thousands of tourists a day. Now a group of female artists is challenging the male grip on street art, one wall at a time
Catherine Davison in Medellín
29, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM

Brazil’s first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples: ‘It is time for the world to look at our way of life’
Sônia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil’s most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers – and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis
Andrei Netto
29, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM

When the drugs don’t work: can we do anything about antimicrobial resistance?
One little girl’s tragic death in an Abuja hospital this summer illustrates a global problem, but one that is worst in Africa where it could kill 4 million people by 2050
Sarah Johnson
29, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM

Global survey finds diabetes goes undiagnosed in 40% of cases
Research concludes that disparities in treatment show the need to improve access to care, particularly in developing countries
Sarah Johnson
29, Sep, 2023 @4:00 AM

Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project
Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes
Kaamil Ahmed
28, Sep, 2023 @4:58 PM

Pakistan welcomes fast-fashion brand Boohoo despite poor staff safety claims
Call to set up role comes as report alleges retailer uses factories that violate minimum-wage requirements and workers’ rights
Shah Meer Baloch
28, Sep, 2023 @9:45 AM

‘Korea is hiding our past’: the adoptees searching for their families – and the truth
Amid allegations of a corrupt adoption system in Seoul that falsified children’s records, those sent to Denmark as youngsters are desperate to find out their real stories
Hannah Cho and Asta Kongsted
28, Sep, 2023 @9:00 AM

In the line of fire: Indigenous brigades battling forest blazes in the Amazon
The photographer Victor Moriyama follows an Indigenous fire brigade as they try to fill the gap left by the Brazilian state in Rondônia, one of the most deforested regions of the Amazon
Victor Moriyama in Cacoal, Rondônia
28, Sep, 2023 @8:00 AM

Europe’s workers face bleak winter as firms ‘profiteer’, says union chief
Millions ‘holding on with their fingertips’ due to high interest rates, squeezed wages and Covid costs, says the European TUC boss, Esther Lynch
Heather Stewart
28, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM

Kidnapped and forced to marry their rapist: ending ‘courtship rape’ in Uganda
In Karamoja, one of the country’s poorest regions, schoolgirls face forced sex and abduction as an accepted route to marriage
Patience Akumu in Kampala, Deborah Nguyen in Karamoja
28, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM

Grubby, cruel and cheap: Suella Braverman stoops low with her bogus refugee figures
The home secretary is attacking a key pillar of postwar humanitarian law in pursuit of eye-catching headlines. Instead, the 1951 refugee convention should be celebrated
Peter Beaumont
27, Sep, 2023 @5:00 AM
Southern frontlines – a Guardian series
About our new coverage, which aims to focus attention on climate justice in Latin America and the Caribbean
26, Sep, 2023 @12:02 PM
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