The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that up to 20 million people risk starvation following delayed rain in the Horn of Africa, made worse by lack of humanitarian aid.
The French political crisis is still ongoing, although the two candidates and many other commentators will refuse to recognise it as such. To the liberal observers, the Macron presidency was likely seen as an encouraging curtail against the rising interest in far-right populism in the West. But to simply perceive the two opponents as this is wrong
In spite of a nationwide curfew, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Sri Lanka to highlight the government’s handling of the growing economic crisis, exacerbated by the rising cost of living amongst the working classes
Almost 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to China, the British government still looks out with a colonial mindset
Conservative MPs have voted for the second time to reinstate “draconian” measures on “noisy” protests despite strong opposition in the House of Lords
The Scottish Policing Authority (SPA) have announced they will not be carrying out an independent inquiry into the numerous policing failures that occurred during COP26 in Glasgow in November last year
Communist Party of Swaziland members have faced a series of kidnappings in recent days, by a regime desperate to suppress the country’s movement for democracy. One instance including the kidnapping of children as young as five and three years old by government soldiers
800 staff at P&O ferries have been fired without notice, to be replaced with outsourced labour
Indian Communists call for intensifying struggle against Modi after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to victory in four of the five state elections that declared results yesterday, including key state Uttar Pradesh
Palestinian prisoners have again taken to protest against their abuse by Israeli prison authorities, threatening mass hunger strike if their demands go unmet.
Nepal has seen mass demonstrations over recent weeks against the involvement of a US foreign aid corporation in the country
Given what we already know about the role of capitalism as a major cause of climate change, it is obvious that it is contributing to the environmental destruction currently facing the UK. However, this crisis goes beyond this, and it is important to highlight the role of neoliberal domestic policies over the last forty years that have weakened our position to combat these extreme weather events.
The Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales is set to ballot members this month, over government inaction on legal aid.
The United Nations has revealed that four missing women’s rights activists were released by “de facto authorities” in Afghanistan, following weeks of worry and uncertainty
Figures released from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), have shown the UK economy grew by 7.5% last year. So why aren’t ordinary working families seeing these gains?
Boris Johnson has announced that the government will lift all domestic Covid-19 restrictions for England by the end of February, despite daily cases still numbering in the tens of thousands.
Less than three months have passed
Far right con-man Tommy Robinson and his gullible victims have continually gathered in Telford for the past year and a half – their latest unwelcome incursion in the town was yesterday (29 January).
Let’s make sure he takes the entire Government with him
As it stands, schools simply do not have the ability to limit Covid spread. Class sizes are too large – nearing thirty in many schools, teachers are off work due to Covid, and many rooms have poor ventilation
