Un Development Programme

Rebuilding Homs: Finding hope in shops, the souk and a school

Syria’s rehabilitation is under way, but the pace varies greatly between city, town and village

‘One million children’ at risk of cholera death in Yemen

Infection rate continues to rise as deliveries of medical supplies restricted

Souqs filled with shoppers in house of relative peace

In Damascus, Homs, Hama, and coastal cities, Syrians live as normally as they can

Antonio Guterres extends front-runner status in UN race

Former Portuguese prime minister cements position after third Security Council vote

Developing countries should have place at tax table

Addis shows pressure from wealthy countries on multilateralism

Refugees and Jordanians forced to compete for scarce resources

Jordanians fear Syrian refugees will want to settle permanently

Syria’s war: remaining population lives in devastation, illness and poverty

Conflict takes heavy toll as fear and crime grind down a dispersed people

Gaza: war is over, for now

After last summer’s war, residents of the suburb of Shejaia returned to a barely recognisable expanse of rubble. Six months on, it hasn’t changed much, and people fear another conflict

Shadow of bubonic plague grows on Madagascar

Experts warn former French colony faces Black Death epidemic unless it slows spread of rodent-borne disease

Chemical weapons teams arrive to destroy Syria stockpiles

Syrian says seven of the 19 weapons sites listed by the government are in combat zones

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