Gates Foundation works to boost food production
Agricultural research projects in Africa and Asia will aim to help small farmers boost crop yields and farm incomes
Clashes kill 10 in Sudan's Abyei flashpoint-officials
Tensions are high in oil-rich Abyei, a region claimed by both north and south Sudan
Sudan suspends Catholic aid group's work in Darfur
Aid agency accused of distributing Bibles which is the atest in series of curbs on humanitarian operations
Sudan army attacks Darfur rebel stronghold
The Sudanese army says it has attacked a Darfur rebel stronghold to open roads in the central Jabel Marra region and killed 25 rebels
Migrant workers feared unable to flee Libya
The International Organization for Migration is concerned about the humanitarian situation of foreign workers who lived a hand-to-mouth existence even before the bloody uprising