Climate pressures lead to rise in 'new-age orphans' in India's delta
As parents migrate away, children are left behind, and depression, malnutrition and child trafficking threats are rising
Peru forces raid coca region rebel slave camp, rescue 39 women, children
Some of the women and children rescued had been raped and detained for three decades
India set to become world's most populous country by 2022 - U.N.
Nigeria is on course to outstrip the United States by about 2050 to become the country with the third largest population
British PM tackles Vietnamese children trafficking on first trip
UK will conduct a fact-finding mission to Vietnam, the home of many of the estimated 13,000 human trafficking victims in Britain
UN urges Dominican Republic to prevent deportations of Haitians
Government says changes to nationality laws aimed at tackling decades of illegal migration from Haiti
Tanzania's free SMS health campaign helps pregnant women, new mothers
Tanzania harnesses mobile phone technology to boost care of mothers and newborns via text message
Gaza destruction comes under forensic lens in Amnesty report
Amnesty reveals evidence of possible Israeli war crimes during 2014 assault on Gaza
Can we save forests and produce palm oil? Scientists seek answer
New 'traffic light' system might help balance need to protect forests and enable development through palm oil
Obama says aid to farmers cuts child stunting across Africa
Africa has the world's highest rate of stunting, affecting two in five children on the continent; it's caused by undernutrition in the first 1,000 or so days of life
Brazil will use drones to fight slave labour in rural areas
About 1.8 million men and women work for little or no pay as forced laborers in Latin America