UN aid summit urged to invest more in avoiding costly disasters
"People are realising that it makes good economic sense to take risks into account," one expert says
Hopes fade for 150 feared buried in Sri Lanka landslides
More than 300,000 forced from homes by floods, landslides
Tanzania orders drought-hit herders to leave national parks
Drought in East Africa has forced herders to move cattle into protected wildlife areas in desperate bid to find new food sources
INTERVIEW-Pregnant in a war zone: What are your choices?
Too little is being done to address pregnant women's needs in war zones, says head of U.N. Population Fund
Women boxers punch through social taboos in Sudan
"People mock women who box. They think it's not feminine but they're wrong"
Killings, kidnappings and burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work
In war-torn "Badistan" - a training camp near Gatwick Airport - aid workers face mass casualties and gun battles
Kenya drawing up timetable to close refugee camp for Somalis
Kenya's government has long said the Dadaab refugee camp has been used by Islamists to launch attacks
PROFILE - Freeing child soldiers in Central African Republic: "They have been through hell"
"How do you become a normal kid when you have been forced to desecrate the body of your enemy?"
Can Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction help with conflict prevention?
Disaster risk reduction can alleviate societal tensions and help mitigate the impact of hazards in ways that reduce the likelihood of conflict