UK plans food-security event during Olympics
The announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron follows a pledge by G8 countries at a NATO summit last week to step up efforts in fighting global hunger
Colombia's survivors of sexual violence lack justice -UN
All armed groups involved in Colombia's decades-long conflict have been accused of sexual violence against women
Is a humanitarian crisis emerging in southern Europe?
Doctors of the World is seeing a rise in the numbers of Greeks asking for food, shelter and medical help
Funding gap stokes interest in market for climate adaptation
Could a market of credits for helping people adapt to climate change work?
Cameroon's forests pressured as leaders welcome palm oil investors
Conversion of forest to plantations could provide jobs but threatens to worsen climate impacts and hurt fragile ecosystems
?Water duty" robs Niger's children of classroom time
Lack of water is the main obstacle to education in Niger, The New York Times reports
U.N. launches food aid operation for Malians uprooted by conflict ? WFP
Drought, political instability leave 3.5 million Malians facing starvation