The lithium that can be extracted from Bolivia's seemingly endless Uyuni salt flats is an important component in, for example, electric car batteries. Bolivia has the world's largest lithium reserve and many foreign investors are interested in the resource. Image: Pedro Travasso/Flickr.
Of: Elina Malmberg
Bolivia's huge lithium reserves are seen as importanta for the country economica development. Despite this, now pauses Parliament of Bolivia decision regarding kontrakt with China and Russia concerning lithium extraction after pressure from critics which means that the contracts pressed with insufficient consultation with local communities.
February 28, 2025, News
In recent years, Kyrgyzstan's rule has become increasingly authoritarian and repression of opposition voices, media and civil society has intensified, reports Freedom House 2024. Photo: Arseniy Kotov/Pexels
Of: Johanna Berzell
In March 2024 Kyrgyzstan introduced a "foreign representatives" law that requires organizations with foreign funding to be registered and audited. Lagene, reminiscent of Russia's infamous Foreign Agent Law, has awakened strong reactions . Critics believe that the law hoodr civil society's independence and limitr freedom of expression.
January 10, 2025, FUF-correspondents, News
Protests in London in August 2023 after former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was jailed. Image: Alisdare Hickson/Flickr.
Of: Benjamin Frisk
security restrictions, shutdown of the internet and barricadedered ways. Protestant in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has met av several security measures from authorities and lett to violent clashes between security forces and thousands of protesters. Imran Khan became Pakistan's first prime minister to be ousted by a motion of no confidence, but among many of his supporters, support remains strong.
December 22, 2024, News
Ibrahim Egal, pictured, was the first democratically elected president of self-proclaimed Somaliland. His presidency lasted between 1996 and 2002. Photo: Charles Fred /Flickr
Of: Patrik Ölvestad
On November 13 this year, voters in Somaliland went to the polls to elect a new president. The opposition party's candidate, Mohamed Abdullahi, emerged victorious. The breakaway region of Somalia lacks international recognition. At the same time, international interest in the breakaway region is increasing, which has led to intensified geopolitical tensions.
December 22, 2024, News
FUF's chancellor Anna Sjöberg Tibblin and board member Lennart Wohlgemuth have written the report "Swedish Multi-Bi Aid and Development Effectiveness" for the Expert Group for Aid Analysis (EBA).
Of: The Chancellery
December 9, 2024, FUF news, News
Port-au-Prince a few months after the 2010 earthquake. Since the assassination of President Moïse in 2021, the city has been characterized by gang violence. Image: Siri BL/Flickr
Of: Ofelia Gedda
Doctors Without Borders announces in mid-November that it will leave Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Behind the decision lies a series of events, most recently that Haitian police stopped one of MSF's ambulances and executed two men who received treatment in the vehicle.
November 29, 2024, News
FUF's non-profit has followed and reported on Ukraine for over 1000 days of full-scale war. Photo: Taine Noble/ Unsplash.
Of: The Chancellery
Last week marked 1000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Development magazine has followed and reported on the development from an early stage. For example in these texts and conversations.
November 25, 2024, News
People crowd along the popular Southbank cultural strip in London. Image: Oatsy40/Flickr
Of: Nina Kedia
The tourism industry, one of the world's largest markets, turns over trillions of dollars every year. Globalization has made travel easier, but has also led to negative consequences for people, animals and nature. Fclay initiative trying to reverse the trend.
November 25, 2024, News
Women at a stall selling veils near Tripoli. Archive image. Photo: David Stanley/Flickr
Of: Agnes Fältman
Libya's Minister of the Interior doesn't that, among other things, compulsory veiling for girls from the age of nine and a ban on "inappropriate" hairstyles and clothing should be introduced. the new rules and the country's "social values" afteris followed. Amnesty International criticizes the decision and believes that it worsens discrimination against women and girls.
November 13, 2024, News
A UN report shows a sharp reduction in child mortality since the turn of the millennium, but the reduction is not evenly distributed between different parts of the world and different age groups. Photo: Yvonne Larsson. Source: Flickr.
Of: Benjamin Frisk
Since the turn of the millennium, the death rate for children under the age of five in the world has halved, according to a UN report. Proximity and access to child and maternal health care, midwives and vaccinations are some of the explanations. But the work to reduce global child mortality is far from over, especially when it comes to mortality among newborns.
May 24, 2024, News
