In Ethiopia, NGOs promote family planning to cope with climate change
A consortium of aid groups in Ethiopia offers reproductive health assistance, together with seeds and trees, in an effort to help people overcome climate stresses and feed their families
Climate change sends Africa's agricultural extension officers back to school
Researchers are assessing the knowledge gap among African farming advisors on climate change and related policies
UN rights chief stays open-minded ahead of Sri Lanka trip
Navi Pillay, who arrives in Sri Lanka on August 25 for a week, is the first senior United Nations official to visit the country since the end of a nearly three-decade-long bloody conflict in 2009
Myanmar poised for six-fold rise in multi-millionaires - report
As Myanmar opens up, it is seeing the world’s fastest growth in the ranks of the super rich, though many of its people remain desperately poor. North America still has the biggest concentration of ultra wealthy people
Patients, workers, agencies shocked at MSF Somalia pullout
The authorities' failure to react strongly to serious violence against MSF staff was a key factor in the agency's decision to quit Somalia, where its medical work was a lifeline for tens of thousands of Somalis
U.N. Clean Development Mechanism to open Latam centre in Bogota
The new CDM office in Colombia - the fourth of its kind - will support the development of emission-reduction projects in Latin America
Ten key facts you need to know about adolescent girls
Welfare of girls is seen as crucial to economic and social health of nations
Controversial Indian guru charged with raping minor-report
Guru's spokesman says he was not in Jodhpur on the day a 16-year-old girl alleged he raped her there. He is charged with rape and forcible 'unnatural sex'
Pakistan's Punjab builds model villages to withstand disasters
Flood-prone Punjab province has enlisted international and private-sector support to build 22 villages designed to be resilient to natural hazards
پاکستان میں قدرتی آفات کو جھیلنے والے گھروں کی تعمیر
Flood-prone Punjab province has enlisted international and private-sector support to build 22 villages designed to be resilient to natural hazards