Savings, trainings help Burmese farmers survive extreme weather
Savings groups and training programmes could stop farmers hitting the road in Myanmar.
Human traffickers preying more on children, men, laborers - global study
"The rate of convictions remains far too low"
Lagos development boom sparks fear that slum dwellers will be left homeless
"Poverty will not just disappear through beautification"
Digital media are shaking up reporting on climate change
Finding new ways to tell the underlying story of climate change is a challenge - but some are rising to it
INTERVIEW-Only a new law will guarantee Indian women have rights to land - scientist
Granting women equal rights to land would help boost food production, says father of India's "Green Revolution"
Traditional rainmaking ceremonies resurge in parched Zimbabwe
But could renewed reliance on rainmaking stop farmers from adapting their methods to climate change?
Chinese cities choked by dangerous smog for fifth day; factories, schools closed
Some residents have complained emergency anti-smog measures are not operating
Flawed diamond regulations fuelling child labour in Congo mines - campaigners
Thousands of children work in Congo diamond mines mainly to pay for food and school fees, and girls who live near mines prey to rape, forced marriage and prostitution
Cake and sympathy: beaten women forget pain of domestic abuse in Chennai cafe
At Writers' Cafe, survivors of domestic violence are trained to bake cakes in a positive workplace where they are not judged by their past