Death toll from Brazil rains hits 40; Lula calls for safer housing
São Sebastiao, Brazil Reuters The death toll from devastating rainfall in south-eastern Brazil rose to 40 on Monday, official figures showed, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the region and said homes should no longer be built in areas at risk of landslides and major floods. Authorities in the state of São Paulo […]
Postcards: Pandemic peace brings new life to threatened Senegalese turtles
NGOUDA DIONE and COOPER INVEEN, of Reuters, report on how quieter beaches during the coronavirus pandemic has seen larger numbers of turtles…
No trees, no crops, no jobs: Burkina Faso’s women fall back on hard labour
SAM MEDNICK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the impact of drought and desertification on women in the landlocked West African nation…
Cambodia construction boom built on “blood bricks” and slavery – report
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Cambodia’s construction boom is built in part with “blood bricks” manufactured by modern-day slaves, including children, researchers said on Tuesday. Poverty fuelled partly by climate change has pushed tens of thousands of Cambodian families into bonded labour, making bricks for buildings in the capital, Phnom Penh, according to a report […]