Campaigners celebrated a victory for “water over gold”.Ī powerful video report showed how anti-slavery activists are often the only chance of escape for the thousands of vulnerable Russians lured from cities to the remote republic of Dagestan, where they are enslaved in rural brick factories and farms. Yes to life.’ Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty ImagesĮl Salvador made history as the first nation to impose a blanket ban on metal mining. Our podcast asked what could be done.īen Quinn, reporting from Burao and Hargeisa, said help was slow to arrive in the towns and villages he visited.Īt a protest against mining at the legislative assembly in San Salvador, a woman holds a banner reading: ‘No to mining. Drought and conflict had left more than 16 million people in the region in need of food, water and medical treatment. MarchĪgencies warned that “countless lives” were at stake as they launched a major appeal for east Africa to help those facing hunger. David Miliband and Toby Lanzer argued that the global humanitarian system was under “ unprecedented strain”. Tributes poured in for Hans Rosling, the data guru and development champion, who died aged 68.įamine was formally declared in parts of South Sudan, and stretched aid agencies warned it was immininent in Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. Morocco rejoined the AU after a row over the status of Western Sahara more than 30 years ago. While Chad’s foreign minister, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was elected as the new head of the African Union, outgoing chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma condemned the proposed US travel ban on refugees from Somalia, Libya and Sudan. The fallout from Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries was a recurrent theme of 2017.
With no improvement in humanitarian access, author Alex de Waal warned later in the year that Britain was in danger of becoming complicit in the use of starvation as a weapon of war in the country. Save the Children urged the British government to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to protect children in Yemen from ongoing violations. Jammeh, whose exit terms meant he avoided prosecution and was able to keep many assets, departed only after mediation by west African neighbours and the threat of armed intervention.ĭata compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development showed that six European countries – the UK, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden – hit the 0.7% UN aid spending target. Setting the tone for a year when elections brought big changes in governance, Adama Barrow ended Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule in the Gambia. People in Brussels stage a women’s rights protest during the US presidential inauguration on 20 January 2017.
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