India evicting 30 people an hour as cities modernise, say activists
Thomson Reuters Foundation At least six homes are destroyed and 30 people forcibly evicted each hour in India as authorities modernise cities and build highways, activists said on Friday, highlighting the urgent need for greater investment in social rental housing. ‘Smart Cities’ projects and other upgrades were responsible for most evictions, data compiled by the […]
Pope Francis appeals for an end to Syrian violence
Pope Francis has joined calls for an immediate end to the ongoing violence in Syria in an address at the Vatican on Sunday. In his weekly Angelus address to crowds in St Peter’s Square, the Pope made a “heartfelt appeal” for the immediate cessation of violence, for access for humanitarian aid including food and medicine, […]
Fresh Boko Haram abductions threaten gains for girls’ education in Nigeria
Thomson Reuters Foundation The kidnapping of dozens more schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram militants could undermine efforts to keep girls in schools and threaten progress on women’s education in the region, experts said on Friday. At least 76 schoolgirls from the village of Dapchi were snatched by a faction of the Islamist group […]