Human, drug and ivory trafficking on the rise in eastern Africa – U.N.
Lawlessness and poverty in parts of eastern Africa have contributed to a rise in the trafficking of people, heroin and ivory – but Somali piracy has been stopped, thanks to effective international cooperation, a UN report says
Botswana women win landmark right to inherit under customary law
The judgement makes it clear that “women are not second class citizens in Botswana. It is a hugely important decision not only for Botswana but for women across southern Africa.”
سولر ٹریفک سگنلز سڑکوں پر ٹریفک جام سے نمٹنے میں مددگار ثابت ہورہے ہیں
With worsening power outages leading to failed signals and traffic snarls, Islamabad is embracing solar panels to keep traffic moving
Solar traffic signals help Pakistan tackle road jams
With worsening power outages leading to failed signals and traffic snarls, Islamabad is embracing solar panels to keep traffic moving
Every drop counts: U.N. launches inventory of shared water resources in Middle East
Among the key findings of the inventory is the largely neglected fact that water quality in the region is rapidly deteriorating and is eclipsed by concerns over quantity
Social entrepreneurs search for the "Good Economy", long-term strategies, better data and ... money
Conference hopes to bring together investors and firms doing socially useful work in developing countries so they can both do good and make a return on their money.
INFOGRAPHIC: Egypt's constituent assembly
Some facts about Egypt's three constituent assemblies
NGO says Indonesia food security project in Papua causing starvation, poverty
Indigenous people in Papua are living in “abject and unprecedented poverty”, and disease and starvation rife, says Forest Peoples Programme
U.N. calls for concerted effort to fight open defecation
More than 2.5 billion people around the world do not have access to toilets, meaning that one in four people in developing countries defecate in the open
Norway gives $4.9mln to AfDB to help break 'resource curse'
The money will go to the African Legal Support Facility, a body set up by the AfDB to help African governments agree complex commercial deals