UNCOVERED: 11 - The Untold Story

On the road with the minister tasked with defending Britain’s painful aid cuts to Ghana

Jenny Chapman is shown the impact of her government’s ever-diminishing assistance on her first trip accompanied by the media since taking charge of development

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2025

Lebanon licenses Elon Musk's Starlink for satellite internet services

Lebanon has granted a license to Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2025

India suffered Rs 24,000 crore losses this monsoon: Do we have a plan to fix this?

This monsoon season has brought severe destruction to India’s northern states. There were cloudbursts in Uttarakhand, flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab saw its worst flood since 1988.

Newslaundry · Sep 12, 2025

‘Food, jobs, hope’: Mozambique seeks investment route to economic recovery

President Daniel Chapo launches $40m fund for small businesses at 60th annual Maputo International Trade Fair.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2025

‘Without water nothing can exist’: the Malawians repeatedly displaced by drought

Unpredictable weather fuelled by the climate crisis is forcing millions from their homes, with many struggling to access water

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2025

Has extreme poverty really plunged since the 1980s? New analysis suggests not

Data from the World Bank suggests that extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the past four decades, from 47% of the world’s population in 1981 to around 10% today.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2025

Plastic credits: A ‘false solution’ or the answer to global plastic waste?

As UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting.

Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2025

Major Climate-GDP Study Under Review After Facing Challenge

A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century's end, setting off alarm bells among financial institutions worldwide.

International Business Times · Aug 6, 2025

In oil-rich Angola, poverty, hunger and deadly unrest over fuel price hikes

Critics say most people in Africa’s third-largest oil-producing nation have not seen benefits from that natural wealth.

Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2025

Explained: Why India’s inequality is underestimated

India’s consumption gap appears to shrink, but income inequality is rising fast, as per analysis of India’s consumption data by the World Bank.

Newslaundry · Aug 4, 2025