Myanmar is safe?
24/11/2025: Almost 4,000 people from Myanmar now in the US may become subject to deportation to a country wracked by atrocities and targeted ethnic violence, including crimes against humanity. The Trump administration has terminated the Temporary Protective Status for people from Myanmar.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Seventy-nine years without a woman leader at the UN
24/11/2025: Women’s full participation in all decision-making is a core UN principle. A campaign, by 1 for 8 Billion, is now under way for a woman to be elected as the next UN secretary-general. A quarter of countries are currently experiencing a backlash against women’s rights. Misogyny is a common tool of authoritarian leaders.
Source: Human Rights Watch
The G20 has failed on debt relief
24/11/2025: When South Africa assumed the Presidency of the G20, debt sustainability was placed front and centre. Many hoped that, with an African country at the helm, the G20 would finally deliver real solutions to the debt crisis gripping the Global South – particularly Africa. As the South African presidency drew to a close, nothing has fundamentally changed and it is time to look to the UN for genuine solutions.
Source: Inter Press Service
Will African nations lose leverage in an ‘America First’ health plan?
24/11/2025: Health and development experts are concerned that African governments are losing their collective bargaining power under the “America First” principle. The US State Department has sent roving teams to visit African countries to negotiate bilateral health agreements, as opposed to working through the African Union as a bloc.
Source: Devex
Key points from COP30 deal
22/11/2025: The UN climate summit Cop30 moved forward the fight against the climate crisis and the damage it is already causing to lives and livelihoods. But the measures agreed are steps, rather than the leaps needed.
Source: The Guardian
Global Fund raised $11.34 billion with a surprising US pledge
21/11/2025: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has received pledges for more than half of its target funding for 2026-2029. There was relief that the US contributed $4.6 billion, remaining the largest donor.
Source: Devex
UN Assembly challenges Security Council veto
20/11/2025: The President of the UN General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, has warned that repeated use of the veto in the UN Security Council is undermining the UN's mandate of world peace, together with trust in multilateral institutions. She has urged the Assembly to consider expanding its response to veto blockages.
G20 leaders under pressure to confront global inequality
20/11/2025: An Oxfam report estimates that the increase in the wealth of billionaires during the year ending October 2025 alone was more than enough to lift 3.8 billion people out of poverty. The South African presidency of the forthcoming G20 Summit has made tackling inequality a core theme.
Source: Oxfam International
Huge staff cuts at World Health Organization
19/11/2025: The global health body has warned that it expects to lose nearly a quarter of its workforce by June 2026, in consequence of the US withdrawal from the organisation in January. Analysts and campaigners said the cuts would probably leave the WHO less able to help countries facing disease outbreaks.
Source: The Guardian
Global hunger deepens amidst uncertain funding
18/11/2025: The world is facing a global hunger crisis with inadequate resources to respond, warns the World Food Programme in its 2026 Global Outlook. A staggering 318 million people face crisis levels of hunger or worse next year - more than double the figure recorded in 2019.
Source: World Food Programme