Battle climate crisis like COVID, Red Cross urges governments
Nations should respond urgently and find the resources to deal with climate change as for the pandemic, says annual disasters report, urging more support for most vulnerable
From Asia to Africa, refugees hope Biden win could help rebuild lives
Joe Biden has promised to raise the quota of refugees the U.S. accepts after numbers plummeted under Trump
Flooded out, hungry South Sudan farmers race to plant fresh crops
Like much of east Africa, South Sudan has been affected by unusually prolonged torrential rains over the last year
Kenyan charities urge gov't to quit U.S.-led anti-abortion pact
Critics say the Geneva Consensus Declaration is a bid to weaken global efforts to safeguard women's sexual and reproductive health and rights
Half aid workers report racism at work in past year - poll
Eight in 10 aid workers say the sector is not doing enough to tackle racism
FACTBOX - Legal hurdles faced by LGBT+ people in Africa
Same-sex relations are legal in only 22 of Africa's 54 countries and are punishable by death in some
Three-way talks on Blue Nile dam dispute to resume Tuesday
Egypt, which gets more than 90% of its scarce fresh water from the Nile fears the dam could devastate its economy, while Ethiopia says "no force on earth" would stop its completion
OPINION: Pope’s ‘yes’ to same-sex civil unions will lead to a more open and equal Catholic Church
Pope's comments in a new documentary released on Wednesday signal a significant policy shift
U.N. says pandemic will slow already miniscule progress in women's rights
Only modest gains in education and lowered maternal mortality have taken place since 1995, the U.N. said
In a thirsty world, information gaps dog a push to tap groundwater
Using more underground water could ease water shortages - but coordination of an "invisible" resource remains a challenge