Record-busting aid spending belies big squeeze
How is humanitarian aid faring since the financial crisis? Are donors tightening their belts and yanking their purse strings?
Humanitarian spending bucks financial crisis-report
But almost 40 percent of needs still unmet due to devastating disasters and rising delivery costs
AfricaSan3: WaterAid calls for urgent action and a focus on the poorest to reduce poverty across Africa
As leaders gather for the Third African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene in Rwanda (AfricaSan 3, 19-21 July 2011), WaterAid warns that Africa is facing increasing inequality in access to one of the continent's most basic services and that action needs to be taken urgently
Gender profile indicates Indian women mean business
Lack of equal opportunity is greatest barrier for girls
World's top asylum spot S.Africa plans crackdown
About one in five of the 845,800 asylum seekers globally in 2010 sought refuge in South Africa