"Most wanted" Yazidi urges others to help keep focus on her people's plight
"Nearly three years on people forget about us but the misery and tragedy is still there" - Iraqi parliamentarian and Yazidi activist
INTERVIEW - "Most wanted" Yazidi urges others to help keep focus on her people's plight
"Nearly three years on people forget about us but the misery and tragedy is still there" - Iraqi parliamentarian and Yazidi activist
INTERVIEW - Poor and sick: Film spotlights plight of India's textile workers
Documentary depicts the squalor and human suffering underpinning the global garment industry, attracting international attention
Violence in central Congo leaves 400,000 children prey to deadly malnutrition - UN
Even before the recent surge in violence, the central Greater Kasai region was one of the poorest in Congo
Early warning systems still missing in 100 countries, U.N. says
Governments of 100 countries still lack disaster early warning systems that could save lives, says the United Nations
Hunger to hit emergency levels in Ethiopia despite rains
The number of Ethiopians in need of food aid will rise beyond the current 7.7 million, experts say.
INTERVIEW - Adidas' slavery buster hopes apps can help give workers a voice
Adidas on a major drive to encourage workers to speak up and use this information to eradicate slavery and improve workers' conditions
INTERVIEW-Cash in on businesses to help boost disaster protection, says UN risk chief
"Most urgent" need is to cut climate change, as failure to do so would make any risk reduction strategies futile, Glasser warns
INTERVIEW-Kenyan lawyer takes on president in battle for rights
Widows in Kenya are often thrown off land by relatives, who manipulate traditional culture to justify their actions.
8 in 10 people now see climate change as a “catastrophic risk” – survey
"I really hope that political leaders will realise the mandate they seem to have to act" on the problem"