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Livestock populations decimated by ‘January disease’ in Zimbabwe: diverse local responses

In the last few years, Zimbabwe has lost around half a million cattle to the tick-borne disease, theileriosis, better known as January disease, or in our study areas as ‘cattle covid’. This loss has had a huge impact on people’s livelihoods and their ability to farm. The severe draft power...

Ian Scoones

13 February 2023

Opinion

Recasting Brazil’s Cerrado as a sociobiodiverse territory

Recent news about genocidal crimes against the Yanomami in the Brazilian Amazon provides a sobering reminder of the precarious condition facing frontier territories that are the locus of predatory incursions with impacts on people and nature. While all eyes are on the Amazon, a new IDS Bulletin...

Lídia Cabral & 2 others

8 February 2023

Opinion

Resignificando o Cerrado brasileiro como um território sociobiodiverso

Notícias recentes sobre crimes genocidas contra os Yanomami na Amazônia brasileira são um lembrete preocupante sobre a condição precária dos territórios de fronteira, os quais estão sujeitos a incursões predatórias com impactos sobre as pessoas e a natureza. Enquanto a atenção...

Lídia Cabral & 2 others

7 February 2023

Opinion

How some tractors and a dead lion met in Harare: a new geopolitics in Africa?

In a bizarre ceremony recently, Zimbabwe’s president Emerson Mnangagwa offered a stuffed lion to the visiting Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko. In exchange, Zimbabwe received $66m worth of agricultural equipment for the agricultural mechanisation programme, notably tractors made...

Ian Scoones

6 February 2023

Opinion

Nigeria’s election: how will it affect women abused because of their religion?

On the 25 February Nigeria will experience its seventh consecutive general election - the longest streak of democracy the country has witnessed in over 60 years. What could the election campaigns and results mean for women in Nigeria who face discrimination and violence just because of their...

Catherine Kyenret Angai

6 February 2023

Student Opinion

My IDS journey

IDS alum Pamela Hajal discusses her time studying her MA Development Studies at IDS and how it has gone on to influence and shape her career. Watch a video of Pamela's interview or read it in full below. What course did you study and why did you decide to study at IDS? My name is Pamela...

Pamela Hajal

3 February 2023

Opinion

Waves of change: Emerging pastoral advocacy and representation in India

After years of neglect and misunderstanding by the state, pastoralists from across India were invited to Delhi by the Honorable Union Minister Parshottam Rupala, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, for an interaction to understand the state of the livelihood in the country on...

Rashmi Singh

3 February 2023

Opinion

Negotiating ‘belonging’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas

Much of the debate about land reform in Zimbabwe focuses on the material, livelihood consequences of getting new land and its politics, but what does it feel like? How does land reform alter the sense of belonging to a place, the forms of identity and the nature of citizenship? These themes are...

Ian Scoones

2 February 2023

Opinion

Pandemic Portraits: Disability & Covid-19 in Bangladesh & Liberia

Covid-19 has changed the world as we know it. In particular, the pandemic has significantly affected the lives of people with disabilities, with many facing additional barriers in access to services, increased isolation and increased risks of poor health and social outcomes. To strengthen...

31 January 2023

Opinion

Can the US and China cooperate to support development in Africa?

There is no doubt that we have a greater chance of supporting development in Africa, and broader global challenges, if the two super powers of the world cooperate with each other and pull together in the same direction. IDS Research Fellow and Director of the IDS China Initiative, Jing Gu,...

Jing Gu

31 January 2023

Student Opinion

Feeling at home – how IDS is like a small, unique family

O’bai Conteh graduated from the IDS MA Gender & Development in 2018. His studies at IDS were supported by the IDS Graduate Scholarship programme. We caught up with O’Bai about why he chose this Master’s, how it helped his career and what it was like to study at IDS. Watch a video of...

O'bai Conteh

30 January 2023

Opinion

Tackling neglected diseases for health equity and social justice

For World NTD Day (30 January), Professor Gail Davey, looks at why it is crucial that we act now and together to end NTDs and says that NTD programmes can no longer be considered in isolation from endemic country health systems. Gail is Co-Director of the IDS-partnered NIHR 5S Foundation, which...

Gail Davey

30 January 2023

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Livestock populations decimated by ‘January disease’ in Zimbabwe: diverse local responses

Recasting Brazil’s Cerrado as a sociobiodiverse territory

Resignificando o Cerrado brasileiro como um território sociobiodiverso

How some tractors and a dead lion met in Harare: a new geopolitics in Africa?

Nigeria’s election: how will it affect women abused because of their religion?

My IDS journey

Waves of change: Emerging pastoral advocacy and representation in India

Negotiating ‘belonging’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas

Pandemic Portraits: Disability & Covid-19 in Bangladesh & Liberia

Can the US and China cooperate to support development in Africa?

Feeling at home – how IDS is like a small, unique family

Tackling neglected diseases for health equity and social justice

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