Half a million Kenyans and Ethiopians face conflict, hunger due to dam - report
The Gibe III hydropower dam, due for completion in 2014 on the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, will reduce the flow of water to farmers and pastoralists living downstream, including those 600 kilometres to the south in Kenya
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Things we didn't know till now
Take a look at some of the things we learned this week as Thomson Reuters Foundation correspondents reported on a range of issues for our AlertNet and TrustLaw news services.
Guatemala Genocide Trial ? Women Seeking the Truth
AWID spoke to Maya Alvarado, Executive Director of Uni?n Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas (UNAMG) about the historic trial in which Guatemala's former dictator and chief of military intelligence are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, the first such trial to take place in the Central American country.
Child marriage on rise among Syrian refugees - aid groups
Parents feel forced to offer their girls for marriage as they struggle to pay for rent and food