Bangladesh launches community insurance for 2 million fishermen
A scheme to provide Bangladeshi fishermen with cheap life insurance offers the fishing community more security at a time of worsening and more frequent storms
How refugee entrepreneurs help themselves and their host country
Uganda's policy of letting refugees work and run businesses is winning praise as a model for other governments to follow - perhaps with private sector help
ON THE MONEY TRAIL: Corruption in the news - Dec. 18
A daily scrapbook of stories from major news media on corruption, bribery and financial crimes
Acute assistance to Palestinian refugees in Damascus
Thousands of refugee families are fleeing the Palestinian camps in Damascus as intensive fighting has erupted over the past couple of days. As a quick response the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has identified collective shelters and distributed mattresses for the newly displaced.
ON THE MONEY TRAIL: Corruption in the news - Dec. 17
A daily scrapbook of stories from major news media on corruption, bribery and financial crimes
Kenyan farmers turn to new weapons against 'Osama'
As temperatures rise, metal silos are helping cut grain losses to pests
The Danish Demining Group disposes unexploded ordnance from refugee site in South Sudan
Upon request by the United Nations, the Danish Demining Group (DDG) under the Danish Refugee Council has removed an unexploded ordnance from a refugee site in South Sudan's Unity State. This is the second time this year that DDG has provided mine action expertise to refugee sites in South Sudan, which underlines the important role that humanitarian mine action plays in protecting refugees and securing humanitarian access.
Fast-growing Kenya facing ground water depletion
As rainfall grows unreliable, families are turning to underground water which may not last, experts warn
UN forum: Goals, challenges and strategies for CSW 2013
Nations announce new initiatives to fight violence against women