Asia Pacific to triple carbon emissions unless it changes course - study
The region is the world's largest and most inefficient user of resources, the Asian Development Bank says
Enforcement lacking on environmental crimes in Asia - activist
Illegal timber harvesting, far from being victimless, is fueling conflict and intensifying climate change, investigations group says
FACTBOX-Response to Sahel food crisis
Aid groups are focusing on cash initiatives and programmes to build resilience, such as market gardens, water points and seed distribution.
Brazilian anti-corruption newspaper editor shot dead ? BBC
A Brazilian newspaper editor, famed for anti-corruption campaigns, was shot dead on Sunday, the BBC said, citing police reports
Washington urged to stop wasting food aid dollars
Aid groups say regulations on food aid in the U.S. Farm Bill protect special interests at the expense of the world's hungry
Robust action needed to respond to Sahel hunger - aid agencies
Up to 11 million people across the semi-arid region south of the Sahara desert need food and nutrition assistance, the U.N. says
INTERVIEW-"Hinterland" highlights plight of Afghan child migrants
Afghan children seeking asylum often have no idea of their destination when they set out to avoid a bleak future, Caroline Brothers says
INTERVIEW-Hungry eating leaves and singing war songs in Sudan
Ryan Boyette, a former aid worker who lives in the rebel-controlled town of Kauda in South Kordofan, describes what he has witnessed
FACTBOX: Famine and humanitarian aid in Sudan
Conditions will have to worsen before sufficient pressure builds on Sudan to start relaxing restrictions on humanitarian access, an expert says
ANALYSIS: Looming famine in Sudan?
Some 140,000 refugees have crossed into South Sudan and Ethiopia, and the U.N. warns this figure could reach 500,000 in the coming months