Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the...
Read MoreThe programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cutsA leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the...
Read MoreThe programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cutsA leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the...
Read MoreFor one day every June, South Africa’s searing racial inequality seems to melt away at Comrades raceIn the early morning dark, thousands of runners waited, jostling with anticipation. South Africa’s national anthem...
Read MoreI have no legs, so the thought of tackling the nearly 6,000-metre peak seemed crazy. But after reflection, and hard physical training, I decided to give it a goI was born with a rare genetic disease called sacral agenesis, which...
Read MoreMany teams have fans abroad, but the bond between the north London club and ordinary Africans is on a different level. A continent expectsIf Arsenal win the Champions League final later today, expect euphoria across Africa....
Read MoreMedics battling the incurable disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo working in ‘agonising’ conditionsWhen Dr Vladimir Maduali died of Ebola in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was the fourth member of...
Read MoreA group set up by Nelson Mandela known as the Elders met in Kenya to model a health emergency – and found much still needs to be done, as the subsequent Ebola outbreak has shownAbout a dozen people sat around a boardroom...
Read MoreConflict, mistrust and delayed detection could complicate response to emergency caused by Bundibugyo variantTo be around the centre of an Ebola outbreak is to become used to the smell of chlorine. At hospitals and government...
Read MoreData lays bare the extent and geographical spread of attacks in Africa’s most populous countryData from Acled and the Global Terrorism Index shows that after a few years of improvement, insecurity in Nigeria has worsened....
Read MoreMoreangels Mbizah has blazed a trail in Zimbabwe as the first black African woman to found a conservation organisation in the country The turning point for Moreangels Mbizah came in 2014. The conservation biologist was in Hwange...
Read MoreOne way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in neocolonialismYou can kill almost anything if you’re willing to pay. Big...
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Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers
Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers
He looks the part, with a rise as impressive
He looks the part, with a rise as impressive
Rachel Reeves, David Lammy and Peter Kyle have said
Andy Burnham has become the sixth UK prime minister
The former England manager may be remembered by many
The former England manager may be remembered by many
Explosion of anger over education system and youth unemployment
A report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes