West Africa Food Crisis: Stemming off hunger with a timely gardening project
The plants tell the real story of what's happening in west Africa.
We have no time to lose ? the global transition must start now
Our planet is in a precarious state. The trajectory towards sustainability is even further off track than 20 years ago, when the first UN Conference on Sustainable Development took place in Rio de Janeiro.
World cannot grow at the expense of poor people
CARE report calls for Rio+20 action on gender inequality, climate change and food insecurity
Congolese flee homes in Eastern DRC to find sanctuary in Rwanda
After months in hiding, survivors of armed attacks in Eastern DRC reach the Nkamira transit centre in Rwanda, joining more than 11,000 other Congolese refugees.
Can mobile technology make sources of clean water more reliable?
A new mobile app developed by University of Oxford researchers could help speed up repair of faulty hand pumps in Africa
Safety tips for Euro 2012
Are you deploying to Poland or Ukraine for the Euro 2012 football competition? Well beware, all the predictions are that there are factions out looking for trouble. Recent BBC investigations have uncovered evidence of racist violence and anti-Semitism at Polish and Ukrainian football matches.
A shot too far? Exhibition explores conflict coverage and trauma
When photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed while covering the war in Libya last year, curator Sarah Schuster felt the impact of his death. She had been working with him on an exhibition that will explore the psychological effects of war coverage on journalists.
India's Tobacco Girls
On World Day Against Child Labour, Plan International's Davinder Kumar writes about the plight of 'India's Tobacco Girls'.
United Nations Coming Out on LGBTI Human Rights
In June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed Resolution 17/19, the first UN resolution ever to bring specific focus to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.