UK Global Development Archives

Four years at sea, now just metres from shore: ‘living hell’ of stranded UAE ship

Five seafarers are stuck in limbo on a beached tanker after a long, terrifying ordeal of abandonment

Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into poverty

Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousands home

Decreased flows caused by water-hungry neighbours, especially India, are damaging river communities

• All photographs by Kaamil Ahmed

Award-winning documentary Rising Silence preserves the testimony of some of the 200,000 women abducted during the country’s war of independence

Progress has been made but fire safety initiatives are soon to end, unions are being stifled and wages are still the lowest in the world

Entrepreneurial Bangladeshis in Cox’s Bazar are making more money than ever before thanks to the influx of desperate refugees from Myanmar

Rights groups urge UK government and international community to consider Nobel laureate ‘part of the problem’ over atrocities in Rakhine state

‘Rampant malnutrition’ reported following Rohingya exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh as agencies warn shocking new figures may be tip of the iceberg

Aid prize won by company to produce prosthetic knees that allow disabled wearers to navigate rough terrain, work and stay independent

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