Ordinary Zambians lose out twice: to global looting and local corruption | Letters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/ordinary-zambians-lose-out-twice-to-global-looting-and-local-corruption #Globaldevelopment #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Zambia #Africa #USnews #Aid

Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/flight-tax-climate-crisis-airline-tickets-levy-environment #Globaldevelopment #Airlineemissions #Airlineindustry #Climatefinance #Climatecrisis #Environment #Fossilfuels #Business #Energy

Flight tax could raise €100bn to tackle climate crisis, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/flight-tax-climate-crisis-airline-tickets-levy-environment #Globaldevelopment #Airlineemissions #Airlineindustry #Climatefinance #Climatecrisis #Environment #Fossilfuels #Business #Energy

Spy ships, cyber-attacks and shadow fleets: the crack security team braced for trouble at sea https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/shadow-fleets-cyber-attacks-and-spy-ships-the-crack-security-team-braced-for-trouble-at-sea-nordic-maritime-cyber-resilience-centre #Globaldevelopment #Shippingindustry #Cybercrime #Technology #Worldnews #Norway #Europe

Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/public-money-green-loans-climate-finance #Greenhousegasemissions #Oilandgascompanies #Globaldevelopment #Climatefinance #Energyindustry #Greenpolitics #Climatecrisis #Environment #Commodities #Fossilfuels #Worldnews #Business #Banking #Energy #Cop30 #Oil #Oil

Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/public-money-green-loans-climate-finance #Greenhousegasemissions #Oilandgascompanies #Globaldevelopment #Climatefinance #Energyindustry #Greenpolitics #Climatecrisis #Environment #Commodities #Fossilfuels #Worldnews #Business #Banking #Energy #Cop30 #Oil #Oil

Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/send-armed-un-troops-to-protect-aid-convoys-gaza-sudan-or-risk-dystopia-un-rapporteur #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Globaldevelopment #Conflictandarms #UnitedNations #Foodsecurity #Humanrights #Worldnews #Americas #Africa #Sudan #Haiti #Gaza

Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/15/fathers-daughters-pride-malala-ziauddin-yousafzai-ranjit-to-kill-a-tiger #Women'srightsandgenderequality #SouthandcentralAsia #Globaldevelopment #MalalaYousafzai #Sexualviolence #Lifeandstyle #Afghanistan #Father'sDay #Shortfilms #Worldnews #Activism #Feminism #Culture #Gender #Family #India #Women #Film

‘When the river swells, it forces them to run backwards’: rising waters push Colombia’s farmers into hunger and despair https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/12/when-the-river-swells-it-forces-them-to-run-backwards-rising-waters-push-colombias-farmers-into-hunger-and-despair #Globaldevelopment #Indigenouspeoples #Climatecrisis #Foodsecurity #Colombia

Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/10/un-population-fund-unfpa-report-reasons-falling-global-fertility #Women'srightsandgenderequality #Globaldevelopment #Fertilityproblems #UnitedNations #Lifeandstyle #Globalhealth #Population #Worldnews #Society #Family #Health

From New York to Sierra Leone: a sister’s search for ‘just another missing black woman’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/06/sister-disappeared-in-sierra-leone-fighting-giants-oluwaseun-babalola-massah-kaikai #Women'srightsandgenderequality #Globaldevelopment #Lifeandstyle #SierraLeone #Worldnews #Siblings #Culture #Africa #USnews #Family #Women #Film

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed #Globaldevelopment #Medicalresearch #Globalhealth #AidsandHIV #Society #Science

Conversations with strangers: inviting people to join my daily walk has made my life fuller | Jacqueline Asiimwe https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/commentisfree/2025/jun/04/jacqueline-asiimwe-walking-critical-woman-honesty-trust-community #Globaldevelopment #Health&wellbeing #Lifeandstyle #Philanthropy #Worldnews #Feminism #Walking #Fitness #Society #Uganda #Africa #Women

Africa: Modernization in Motion - China-Africa Think Tank Forum: [New Era] From the towering skyline of Beijing, where policies are drafted to redefine global development, to bustling city of Kunming, Yunnan China where ancient routes once shaped global commerce a new conversation unfolds. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL8Fb2 #Africa #Modernization #ChinaAfrica #GlobalDevelopment #Beijing

Rising debt service burdens challenge economic stability (SDG 8) .
Funding gaps impact critical infrastructure (SDG 9).
Education & healthcare budgets shrink under debt pressure (SDG 3 & 4).
Climate investments & energy transitions at risk (SDG 7 & 13).
Global cooperation needed for responsible lending (SDG 17).
Policymakers should Strengthen debt sustainability frameworks to ensure financing drives SDG impact

#DebtSustainability#SDGAction#EconomicResilience #GlobalDevelopment
#PolicyMatters

‘Multiple casualties’ reported after attack on UN aid convoy in Darfur https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/sudan-darfur-rapid-support-forces-rsf-attack-un-aid-convoy-el-fasher-al-koma #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Globaldevelopment #UnitedNations #Worldnews #Africa #Famine #Sudan #Aid

Africa: Bill Gates to Direct 'Majority' of $200 Billion Pledge to 'Address Challenges' in Africa: [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In an address today in Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union, Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates urged African leaders to seize the moment to accelerate progress in health and development through innovation and partnership, despite current headwinds. He… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL7Try #Africa #BillGates #HealthInnovation #GlobalDevelopment #PartnershipsForProgress

Can a 15th-century Indian singing tradition help stop wildfires? https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/03/15th-century-indian-singing-tradition-help-stop-wildfires-sankirtan-mandali #Women'srightsandgenderequality #Globaldevelopment #Treesandforests #Climatecrisis #Wildfires #Worldnews #India

Mothers fight to protect children from drugs as ‘hotspotting’ takes hold in Lesotho https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/02/lesotho-anti-drug-mothers-fight-protect-children-bluetoothing-hotspotting #Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Lifeandstyle #Youngpeople #AidsandHIV #Worldnews #Society #Lesotho #Africa #Family #Drugs

Women and girls ‘not safe anywhere’ as Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/31/sexual-violence-sudan-darfur-medecins-sans-frontieres-rape-rsf-paramilitary #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #MédecinsSansFrontières #Rapeandsexualassault #Globaldevelopment #Sexualviolence #Worldnews #Warcrimes #Darfur #Africa #Sudan