global development
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Salva Kiir and Riek Machar have warned the world against pursuing justice for the manifold war crimes committed under their watch. South Sudan deserves better
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Euro-MPs criticise G7-led food security programme, saying it pushes agribusiness and GM to the detriment of biodiversity and small-scale farmers
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Mental toll of hazardous journeys and harsh conditions in camps linked with depression, anxiety and psychosis
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UK has committed to tackling everything from inequality to climate change – at home and globally – but progress disappointing, says Commons committee
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Global peace index, which ranks Syria bottom and Iceland top, says political instability, terrorism and conflict cost the global economy $13.6tn last year
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Eritrean national Medhanie Yehdego Mered caught in Sudan, but experts say his capture is unlikely to have huge impact in stopping smuggling
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Civilians escaping violence that killed 26 soldiers in troubled south-east ‘urgently need shelter’, UN says
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With more than half of Africans expected to live in cities by 2050, we need to turn urban areas into engines of development, African Economic Outlook says
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Employment abroad offers women the chance of a better salary. But attempts to stop them after cases of abuse have increased the risks of exploitation
in depth
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Morocco’s ‘gold’ is providing jobs for hundreds of women in a thriving network of co-operatives, and helping to reduce desertification amid climate change
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Fires lit to clear ground for planting, mainly palm oil, have ravaged Sumatra’s forests, endangering the indigenous tribes who live in them
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Chin is the poorest state in Myanmar and it is experiencing an exodus as young women from the region migrate to find work. But sometimes, they don’t come home
talking points
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Protecting those who work to defend the environment is a human rights issue
John H Knox, Michel Forst and Victoria Tauli-CorpuzOn World Environment Day, we urge governments to address the growing threat to activists and indigenous people by bringing those who harm them to justice -
Working for the UN begins with idealism but can end in cynicism. For one former employee, it became all about maintaining the status quo
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This year’s open hustings, the first of its kind, continues in London as three of the candidates face questions about war, refugees, climate change and how to forge agreements between 193 nations
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The former dictator has been found guilty of crimes against humanity but, for survivors of his brutal regime, torment and unanswered questions endure
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On World Environment Day, more than a quarter of a billion people, half of them children, are suffering the impact of severe drought across three continents. Aid agencies are working to deliver emergency food parcels to prevent people starving, and to help build livelihood resilience to extreme weather events
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On International Children’s Day we celebrate the resilience of children and their ability to keep on playing and having fun despite the difficulties they face
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To mark menstrual hygiene day, WaterAid gave cameras to girls in south-east Nepal to document the restrictions imposed on them during their period. Here are some of the images they took
games & quizzes
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Reckon you could teach world humanitarian summit delegates a thing or two about aid? Take our quiz and find out if you’re a wizard on human welfare
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Access to water is a basic human right, but roughly one in 10 people globally are without a safe source. To mark World Water Day, try our quiz
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Are you a superpower on sovereignty? Take our quiz to find out if you’re presidential material when it comes to people in power
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Are you top of the rich list when it comes to knowing about inequality or is your knowledge bank a little bit empty?
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focus'Free, local and special': argan oil co-ops booming in MoroccoMorocco’s ‘gold’ is providing jobs for hundreds of women in a thriving network of co-operatives, and helping to reduce desertification amid climate change
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusAlleged people smuggling kingpin is extradited to ItalyEritrean national Medhanie Yehdego Mered caught in Sudan, but experts say his capture is unlikely to have huge impact in stopping smuggling
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Global Development Professionals NetworkGlobal Development Professionals NetworkThe moment I felt excluded because of my disability – share your storiesDisabled people are the world’s largest minority, but continue to be physically and socially marginalised from mainstream society. Share your stories of discrimination
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Guardian Africa networkGuardian Africa networkUN panel calls for Eritrea to be referred to Hague courtCommission says Eritrea guilty of widespread, systematic campaign of abuses amounting to crimes against humanity
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Writing in the New York Times, the politicians propose South Africa-style reconciliation commission
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Reverend Boet van Schalkwyk, a chaplain who responds to seafarers in crisis, visited Nigeria to help the imprisoned crew of an Indian ship
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