Ben Farmer
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‘Alarming setbacks’ in mortality rates among pregnant women, research shows
Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, new UN study finds → Read More
Uganda’s Ebola outbreak ‘over’ after doctors report no new cases for six weeks
The East African country initially struggled to stem the spread of the haemorrhagic fever, sparking fears it would take hold in major cities → Read More
Ukrainians hid babies and children from Russian forces raiding orphanages and hospitals
Staff faked paperwork and invented illnesses to hide youngsters from Moscow's forces → Read More
Filthy troops fight in freezing mud – the WWI-like horror of Bakhmut’s trenches
Photos shared by Ukrainian forces resemble the horrors of Passchendaele or other First World War battles from more than a century ago → Read More
‘The pandemic is far from over – but this is how it ends’
South Africa's answer to Prof Chris Whitty warns Covid-19 might yet have a few nasty surprises in store → Read More
South African economy crippled as decrepit power plants trigger escalating blackouts
Years of neglect are catching up with country's fleet of dilapidated coal power stations → Read More
Afghanistan under Taliban rule: Repression, poverty and invisible women
The Taliban appear to have a firm grip on the country, yet they are increasingly repressive and refuse to share power with other groups → Read More
Farmers in Pakistan race to vaccinate cows against ‘lumpy skin disease’
The damaging pox illness could ravage herds and cause heavy financial losses → Read More
Afghan children starve to death as country on brink of becoming world's worst humanitarian crisis
More than half of Afghans are now short of food, and the catastrophe will soon eclipse crises in Yemen and Syria, according to the UN → Read More
'Afghanistan is a country of colour': Women show traditional dress in contrast to Taliban's black niqab
Online protests staged against the introduction of new, all-black niqab that completely covers faces and hands → Read More
The Taliban invited The Telegraph to tea, and issued a chilling warning to the West
They told Ben Farmer: 'The West should not come another time. If they do, we will fight for another 20 years' → Read More
Taliban fighters ‘blocking key land crossing to Pakistan’
Torkham crossing, 180 miles from Kabul, is one of nearest routes out of the country for those unable to flee via city’s airport → Read More
Afghanistan: If you can’t take us, take our children, plead crowd outside Kabul airport
Thousands desperate to leave Afghanistan await their chance amid Taliban thuggery and confusion → Read More
Joe Biden defends America’s flight from Afghanistan
Defiant president faces backlash at home and abroad as Afghan citizens risk lives to escape chaos in Kabul → Read More
Kabul echoes to chants of 'God is Great' as citizens turn out on roof tops to shout defiance against Taliban
Streets ring out with the cry "Allahu Akhbar!" - which the Taliban claims as its own slogan → Read More
'Joints for jabs': US state offers free cannabis as vaccine incentive
American governors, health officials and community leaders are trying different incentives to prop up waning vaccination rates → Read More
Covid reaches Everest as base camp climbers infected
Climbers had only just been welcomed back under a new regime of testing and social distancing → Read More
America reverses stance on 'Afghan-led' peace process and suggests shape of future government
The plan would include a summit in Turkey to get buy-in from Afghanistan's neighbours, Afghan officials said → Read More
Brazil breaks record for seven-day Covid death toll, with hospitals overrun
Virus pandemic in the Latin American nation is as bad as it has ever been, as Britain registers cases of the Brazilian variant → Read More
Johnson & Johnson to test new one-shot Covid-19 vaccine on babies
The drug giant plans trials on newborns, infants and pregnant women → Read More