Aid groups, celebrities seek funds for Nepal quake; experts urge caution
Aid experts take to social media to urge well-wishers to donate cash to reputable relief groups rather than rushing in unwanted goods or help
Modern day slavery too often goes unpunished in India, says report
Indians are lured to cities by traffickers who sell them into domestic or sex work or to brick kilns and textile workshops
Drought, expanding deserts and 'food for jihad' drive Mali's conflict
As land for crops and grazing shrinks, tensions between communities are rising in northern Mali
Dirty sterilisations putting women at risk in east India: study
India, the world's top steriliser of women, came under global scrutiny last November when 15 women died and scores of others were hospitalised after sterilisation surgery Chhattisgarh state
Jobs, better wages, less unpaid work key to making women's rights a reality: UN
Women earn on average 24 percent less than men and only half of women of working age are in the global labour force
Coffee production slipping in Tanzania as temperatures rise
Without effective adaptation efforts, production could halve by 2060, study says
Uzalishaji wa kahawa Tanzania waporomoka kutokana na ongezeko la joto
Without effective adaptation efforts, production could halve by 2060, study says
Defence industry gets "fail grade" for anti-corruption
Of 163 companies surveyed, 107 showed limited or no evidence of ethics and anti-corruption programmes
Foreign countries, aid agencies race to reach Nepal quake victims
Nepal asks international community for financial aid, medical teams and supplies, and helicopters to evacuate injured
U.S. voices concern over India action against Ford Foundation, Greenpeace
"We are concerned that this recent ruling limits a necessary and critical debate within Indian society" - US State Department