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How Africa is leading the way to a zero waste future

From Egypt to Tanzania, public waste management schemes are offering green alternatives to privatisation.

By Vera Weghmann

/ 6 May 2020

How Africa is leading the way to a zero waste future

Relato de un náufrago llamado Sergio Moro

A propósito de la ascensión y caída (por ahora) del patrono de Lava Jato en Brasil, el ex juez y ahora ex ministro de justicia de Bolsonaro, Sergio Moro. English Português

por Daniel Cerqueira

/ 6 May 2020

Relato de un náufrago llamado Sergio Moro

The story of a shipwrecked sailor named Sergio Moro

On the rise and fall (for now) of Operation Car Wash’s patron in Brazil, former judge and now former Bolsonaro minister of Justice Sergio Moro. Español Português

By Daniel Cerqueira

/ 6 May 2020

The story of a shipwrecked sailor named Sergio Moro

"There's rules that apply to them, and there's rules that apply to you"

The Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in the UK has been hit hard by the crisis. #HumansofCOVID19

By Adam Ramsay

/ 5 May 2020

"There's rules that apply to them, and there's rules that apply to you"

Qué vergüenza de presidente de Brasil

Bajo la negligencia e irresponsabilidad del gobierno Bolsonaro, la Covid-19 se extiende por todo el país, dando a Brasil el estatus de uno los más afectados en el mundo. Português

por Gilda Moreira

/ 5 May 2020

To save lives and restore growth, creditors should accept Argentina's offer

Trying to squeeze more out of Argentina during a pandemic will backfire by costing lives and undermining future growth.

By Sharan Burrow

/ 5 May 2020

To save lives and restore growth, creditors should accept Argentina's offer

The COVID-19 domestic violence crisis in the UK is a decade in the making

Domestic violence under coronavirus is a hot topic, but we mustn't forget how we got here. Politicians ripped our safety net to pieces.

By Nandini Naira Archer

/ 5 May 2020

The COVID-19 domestic violence crisis in the UK is a decade in the making

Vergonha do presidente do Brasil

Sob a negligência e irresponsabilidade do governo Bolsonaro, a Covid-19 se espalha, conferindo ao Brasil o status de um dos primeiros do mundo em número de infectados e de vitimas letais. Español

By Gilda Moreira

/ 4 May 2020

It’s time to hold big banks to account for their dirty lending

As climate change threatens entire ecosystems, bankers are continuing to put profit before people.

By Maddie Bromfield

/ 4 May 2020

It’s time to hold big banks to account for their dirty lending

What use is the military-industrial complex in the COVID-19 crisis?

The world spends almost $2 trillion a year on military forces, but they can’t fight the virus causing the biggest crisis since 1945.

By Paul Rogers

/ 4 May 2020

What use is the military-industrial complex in the COVID-19 crisis?

“A disaster waiting to happen” - Traveller communities buckling from the impact of the pandemic

The UK's Gypsy and Traveller communities are being devastated by the pandemic.

By Katharine Quarmby

/ 4 May 2020

“A disaster waiting to happen” - Traveller communities buckling from the impact of the pandemic

After the pandemic, will we return to business as usual?

After the catastrophe of the Covid-19 pandemic, we can seriously ask if the “new normal” will be business as usual or is this an opportunity to seriously start changing the paradigm of our civilisation. Português, Español

By Francesc Badia i Dalmases

/ 1 May 2020

After the pandemic, will we return to business as usual?