Lưu trữ Danh mục: Global development

Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’

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A man campaigning against the controversial $5bn (£4bn) east African crude oil pipeline (EACOP) is recovering in hospital after an alleged beating by the Ugandan armed forces in the latest incident in what has been called an “alarming crackdown” on the country’s environmentalists. Stephen Kwikiriza, who works for Uganda’s Environment Governance Institute (EGI), a non-profit […]

Rapid UTI test that cuts detection time to 45 minutes awarded Longitude prize

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An £8m prize for a breakthrough in the fight against superbugs has been awarded, after a decade-long search for a winner, to a test that can identify how to treat a urinary tract infection in 45 minutes. The test could herald a “sea change” in antibiotic use, the judges said as they announced the winner […]

Conflicts drive number of forcibly displaced people to record high

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The number of people forced out of their homes around the world last year was the equivalent of the population of London, according to the UN’s refugee agency. The latest annual assessment from the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) said a sharp rise in the number of people forcibly displaced during 2023 had […]