The instrumental theme tune is popular, catchy and authoritative – perfect for the coloniser’s news service. Unfortunately, everyone knows the lyrics

Fifa’s glowing approval of the Gulf state’s proposals for the 2034 football tournament despite the kingdom’s appalling humanitarian record has been slammed by campaigners

Somali women who speak out on social media can expect fake nude images and degrading abuse. But some are fighting back

My Guardian documentary, The Things We Don’t Say, focuses on complex stories of healing in a country where many are putting on a brave face

The jailing of pro-democracy activists, omnipresent surveillance and a distrust of the police have driven people into a fearful silence

The stakes are high for donors at next month’s IDA summit in Seoul, but not investing in development means more instability globally

My mother showed me the importance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in protecting the natural world. Yet they continue to face barriers and discrimination in their work

As a historian, the UK conservative party leadership candidate should know that the only debt owed is one of accountability and reparation

Millions of lives could be saved if the world would only consider more innovative ways to help poorer nations tackle AMR

We call on World Health Summit leaders to help remove all gender-related barriers to immunisation against diseases such as polio

I was 19 when I was tricked into travelling to Ivory Coast and sexually exploited, but now the police are helping me return to Nigeria

From flooding to drought, extreme weather is devastating our communities. It is time for the world’s heaviest emitters to help mitigate the impacts of climatic breakdown on the countries most affected, says Malawi’s health minister, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda

Solar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology

Gaza is now the world’s deadliest place for aid workers, who are providing urgent care to 1.9 million internally displaced Palestinians. Many have lost loved ones themselves yet continue to support others despite the risk, says Buthaina Subeh of the Wefaq Association for Women and Childcare

The new government must use its landslide majority to mend the damage to jobs and fish populations caused by neglect