Global development

Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Cities, Cities and development, Climate crisis, Delhi, Environment, Extreme heat, Global development, Human rights, India, Natural disasters, South and Central Asia, The Guardian, Urbanisation, World News | 0 |

With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capitalEvery summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine....

Drowned the day her visa came through: the tragedy of a Moroccan footballer trying to reach Ceuta

by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Africa, Europe, Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Morocco, Spain, The Guardian, Women's football, World News | 0 |

Struggling on her meagre pay, Faten Ben Omar El Azizi dreamed of reaching Europe. Then she joined thousands trying to reach a better life in SpainFootball was the life Faten Ben Omar El Azizi had wanted. She had long played in...

‘Her face was beaten in’: how Taliban rule ushered in a new era of women being killed

by The Guardian | Aug 7, 2026 | Afghanistan, Global development, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, Violence against women and girls | 0 |

An investigation into 231 femicide cases highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, where men are empowered to murder and face no punishment while their crimes are covered up by the stateIn a voice message recorded weeks...

‘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...

Category: Global development