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Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/20/myanmar-military-regime-widens-sanitary-towel-ban-claiming-rebels-use-them-for-first-aid #GlobalDevelopment #Myanmar #WomensRightsAndGenderEquality #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #ConflictAndArms #HumanRights #Women #Society #Women #Menstruation

Climate crisis | The Guardian 3d ago

Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/17/rainwater-harvesting-and-eco-gardens-how-one-colombian-neighbourhood-helped-a-whole-city-plan-for-climate-change #Colombia #Americas #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Flooding #Landslides #NaturalDisasters #Water #GlobalDevelopment #WorldNews

Rainwater harvesting and eco-gardens: how one Colombian neighbourhood helped a whole city plan for climate change

From rainwater harvesting to tree nurseries, communities in Medellín are taking steps to increase their landslide and flooding resilience

The Guardian

The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News 4d ago

Why Western scientists are turning to Indigenous knowledge

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/why-western-scientists-are-turning-to-indigenous-knowledge/

Science | The Guardian 4d ago

Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/16/eliminate-malaria-eswatini-swaziland-migration-disease-climate #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #Eswatini #Malaria #InfectiousDiseases #Africa #WorldNews #Science

Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease

Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of the landlocked African country to eradicate the killer disease

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 5d ago

UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/15/uk-sudan-war-berlin-talks-aid-rsf-hunger-saudi-uae #Sudan #ConflictAndArms #GlobalDevelopment #Africa #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews #Politics #ForeignPolicy #UkNews #SaudiArabia #UnitedArabEmirates #Hunger #YvetteCooper #Yemen

UK to call for end to Sudan bloodshed at Berlin talks on third anniversary of war

British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 6d ago

Anger at ‘bloody unacceptable’ efforts to end Sudan’s war as conflict enters fourth year https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/14/no-end-sudan-war-conflict-third-anniversary #GlobalDevelopment #Sudan #ConflictAndArms #Africa #WorldNews #UnitedNations #Famine

Anger at ‘bloody unacceptable’ efforts to end Sudan’s war as conflict enters fourth year

A top UN official has criticised lack of global urgency as reports confirm the world’s largest humanitarian crisis is worsening

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Apr 13

And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/13/elections-africa-soaring-nomination-fees-djibouti-benin #GlobalDevelopment #Benin #Djibouti #Zimbabwe #Malawi #Africa #ElectoralReform #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees

Presidential elections in Djibouti and Benin at the weekend highlighted how a costly electoral system is reshaping democracy

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Apr 9

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/civil-war-chimpanzee-group-closer-to-human-condition-aoe #Primatology #GlobalDevelopment #Environment #Uganda #Animals #Africa #Science #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #WorldNews #AnimalBehaviour #Biology

Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps turning on itself

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Apr 9

UK spending on foreign aid hits lowest level since 2008 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/09/uk-foreign-aid-spending-lowest-since-2008 #ForeignPolicy #Aid #ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice #Politics #UkNews #GlobalDevelopment

UK spending on foreign aid hits lowest level since 2008

Government allocated 0.43% of national income to aid in 2025, with total spend down £1bn on previous year

The Guardian

The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News Apr 8

Polish court finally ends registry refusals for same-sex EU marriages

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/polish-court-finally-ends-registry-refusals-for-same-sex-eu-marriages/