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Just the tonic: app helps Iraqi patients locate vital medicines

In Mosul, sourcing essential medication can be an expensive struggle – but entrepreneur Ameen Hadeed may have found the solution

Lucy Lamble

12, May, 2020 @10:00 AM

Pandemic jeopardises support for world's poor as charities lose millions

British government urged to plug shortfall as Oxfam and Christian Aid reveal huge financial impact of Covid-19 outbreak

Lucy Lamble

27, Apr, 2020 @6:00 AM

The good neighbour who wants to iron out the problems of the weekly wash

A low-tech washing machine offers a way to wash where there is limited access to power and running water

Lucy Lamble

20, Apr, 2020 @8:00 AM

'It's a very worrying time': Sri Lanka's recovery interrupted by coronavirus

As the anniversary of the bombs that shook the country looms, survivors working to build harmony face multiple challenges

Lucy Lamble

12, Apr, 2020 @8:00 AM

Spain overtakes China as second worst-hit country by Covid-19 – as it happened

India locks down; Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus; Senate and White House reach stimulus deal. This blog is now closed

Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Kevin Rawlinson , Alexandra Topping, and Damien Gayle

26, Mar, 2020 @12:27 AM

Africa leads calls for debt relief in face of coronavirus crisis

IMF and World Bank back moves to put pressure on creditors in bid to strengthen health systems

Lucy Lamble

25, Mar, 2020 @5:00 AM

Quest to save ancient Yazidi music comes to Britain

A choir of displaced people is part of a British Council initiative to protect heritage in conflict zones – and a healing process for participants

Lucy Lamble

04, Feb, 2020 @9:00 AM

Ballooning debt forces poor countries to cut public spending

Congo-Brazzaville and Chad among hardest hit as campaigners warn spiralling repayments could trigger disaster

Lucy Lamble

10, Jan, 2020 @1:26 PM

The success stories of 2019 from across the world

From the first Ebola-free baby to advances in women’s rights, we take our pick of the breakthroughs

Kate Hodal, Liz Ford, Lucy Lamble ,Patrick Greenfield and Peter Beaumont

31, Dec, 2019 @8:00 AM

From renewables to Netflix: the 15 super-trends that defined the 2010s

It was the decade of austerity, fracking, populism and internet lies. But not everything about the 2010s was terrible

Sandra Laville, Liz Ford, Ammar Kalia, Jessica Murray, Jillian Ambrose, Mark Rice-Oxley, Sam Levin, Suzanne Wrack, Sarah Boseley, Alex Hern, Jim Waterson , Richard Partington, Lucy Lamble and Paul Lewis

27, Dec, 2019 @10:00 AM

The 'qualifications passport' scheme breaking down barriers for migrants

Having their skills recognised is one of the main obstacles to employment faced by refugees in developed countries

Lucy Lamble

04, Dec, 2019 @6:00 AM

Less than 10% of EU aid reaches world's poorest countries, study finds

Contributions from European countries drop as progress on 0.7% target goes into reverse

Lucy Lamble and Karen McVeigh

21, Nov, 2019 @9:00 AM

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