Global development

‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm

by The Guardian | Jul 30, 2026 | Europe, Forced labour, Global development, Human rights, Human trafficking, Migration and development, Modern slavery, Spain, The Guardian, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

Fatima left her family behind in Morocco for seasonal work in Spain. But the dreams of a better life quickly turned into exploitation, squalid conditions and violenceAt the farm in the northwestern Spanish region of Castile and...

AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns

by The Guardian | Jul 29, 2026 | AI (artificial intelligence), Children, Facial recognition, Global development, Home Office, Immigration and asylum, Migration, Migration and development, Politics, Refugees, Technology, The Guardian, UK news, World News | 0 |

‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights NetworkFlawed and racialised models that underpin the AI-powered age-detection...

Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

by The Guardian | Jul 26, 2026 | Aid, Climate crisis, Climate finance, Debt relief, Ed Miliband, Environment, Foreign policy, Global development, Global economy, Politics, Society, The Guardian, World Bank, World News | 0 |

Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender Britain’s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at...

It cost £2.1bn to divert a river in Brazil’s outback. So where has all the water gone?

by The Guardian | Jul 22, 2026 | Access to water, Americas, Brazil, Drought, Environment, Global development, The Guardian, Water, World News | 0 |

Despite official claims that the São Francisco River project supplies 12m people, many of those who had to make way for its construction in 2007 still have no water at allA concrete canal cutting through the Caatinga scrubland...

As Sudan’s war crosses borders and millions are made refugees, could Ethiopia’s plan solve ‘humanity’s migration issue’?

by The Guardian | Jul 21, 2026 | Africa, Ethiopia, Global development, Human rights, Migration, Refugees, The Guardian, World News | 0 |

Amid fears of fresh bloodshed, the country is hoping its offer of education and employment can provide a model for other nations to followIt didn’t matter that he was so frail he could barely walk. Rahmatalla Abdeen knew if they...

As Sudan’s war crosses borders and millions are made refugees, could Ethiopia’s plan solve ‘humanity’s migration issue’?

by The Guardian | Jul 21, 2026 | Africa, Ethiopia, Global development, Human rights, Migration, Refugees, The Guardian, World News | 0 |

Amid fears of fresh bloodshed, the country is hoping its offer of education and employment can provide a model for other nations to followIt didn’t matter that he was so frail he could barely walk. Rahmatalla Abdeen knew if they...

‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage

by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Afghanistan, Child marriage, Global development, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality | 0 |

Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eatSima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four....

The Taliban’s war on education: ‘Nobody talks about what is happening to the boys’

by The Guardian | Jul 13, 2026 | Afghanistan, Education, Global development, Global education, Higher education, Human rights, Islam, Journalism education, Media, South and Central Asia, Student experience, Taliban, The Guardian, Universities, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

Five years after the ultra-conservative Islamists retook Afghanistan, students describe male pupils being beaten for minor rule breaches and inexperienced teachers struggling to deliver lessonsBefore he leaves for Kabul...

Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown

by The Guardian | Jul 11, 2026 | Aid, Andy Burnham, Budget, Economic policy, Economics, Foreign policy, Global development, Labour, Politics, The Guardian, Thinktanks, UK news | 0 |

Thinktank urges prospective prime minister to reclaim UK’s role as an international leader on developmentInfluential backbenchers are calling on Andy Burnham to reclaim Labour’s leadership on international development and chart...

‘They made us say he was a martyr’: families at Iran’s largest cemetery mourn those killed in the January protests

by The Guardian | Jul 10, 2026 | Global development, Human rights, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Protest, The Guardian, World News | 0 |

Six months on from the bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters, families remembering loved ones at their graves at Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran tell their storiesFamily members gather to mourn Sepehr, who was 25 when he was...

Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

by The Guardian | Jul 4, 2026 | Africa, Child marriage, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Education, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Global development, Global education, Higher education, Politics, South Sudan, The Guardian, UK news, Universities, Women's rights and gender equality, World News, Yvette Cooper | 0 |

The 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...

Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

by The Guardian | Jul 4, 2026 | Africa, Child marriage, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Education, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Global development, Global education, Higher education, Politics, South Sudan, The Guardian, UK news, Universities, Women's rights and gender equality, World News, Yvette Cooper | 0 |

The 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...

Category: Global development