Spike in ethnic violence in Mali opens more children to fatal diseases
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation With spiralling ethnic violence exposing more children in Mali to fatal diseases, health workers are using donkeys and boats to deliver life-saving vaccines, charities said on Wednesday. In the central Mopti region – where 157 people died in one attack last month – suspected measles cases rose five-fold in one year […]
Nicaragua crisis forces 60,000 people to flee homes in past year – UN
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly one year after anti-government protests began in Nicaragua, tens of thousands of people have fled the country in fear for their lives, the United Nations said on Tuesday. About 62,000 Nicaraguans have been forced from their homes in the Central American nation, of which 55,500 have sought safety in Costa […]
Heritage site or home? Indigenous Thais fight for right to forest
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of indigenous Karen people in Thailand face evictions from a national park that authorities wish to turn into a World Heritage Site, joining millions in a similarly precarious situation as authorities worldwide push tough conservation laws. The Kaeng Krachan is Thailand’s biggest national park, sprawled over more than 2,900 square […]
Brexit and bananas: UK charities fear fall from global stage
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s exit from the European Union could boost populist voices keen to slash foreign aid, redirect it to benefit UK businesses and hit charity budgets, industry experts said. From Live Aid to campaigning with actress Angelina Jolie to end sexual violence in war, Britain is a leading humanitarian player – the first […]
Quick facts – 10 ways the Roma people, Europe’s biggest minority, face discrimination
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The Roma migrated to Europe from India in the 10th century and have long faced persecution around the world. Many live on the fringes of society and struggle for work. With Monday declared Roma Visibility day, here are 10 facts about Roma people: Bulgarian Roma people from the close-knit Kalaidjii clan dance […]
Georgians uprooted by war stage four-day protest to demand new homes
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of Georgian families occupied a tower block last week in a protest activists said highlighted widespread frustration among people still waiting to be rehoused more than a decade after war drove them from their homes. More than 280,000 Georgians were uprooted by conflicts in the early 1990s in the rebel […]
In the UK, church car wash app uncovers nearly 1,000 suspected cases of modern slavery
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation British drivers uncovered almost 1,000 potential cases of modern slavery at car washes in five months using the “Safe Car Wash App” yet less than a fifth called the anti-slavery helpline to report their concerns, the creators of the app said on Sunday. The free mobile-phone app was launched by the Church […]
Climate change threatens one in three Bangladeshi children
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly one in three children in Bangladesh are at risk from cyclones, flooding and other climate change-linked disasters, the United Nations warned on Friday, urging more help for one of the world’s worst hit countries. More than 19 million children live in the most disaster-prone districts of low-lying Bangladesh, according to […]