US firm under fire over Cameroon palm oil project
As demand for palm oil soars, companies are seeking land for plantations amid fears that forests and local people will lose out
Climate change growing threat to food, biodiversity - officials
"We are living in an age of destruction. If we believe we can feed 9 billion people with the agriculture and industrial model of the past century, we are wrong," says Achim Steiner of UNEP
"I was robbed of my life" - survivor of genital cutting
An Eritrean woman in London describes how FGM left her in agonising pain for 20 years and turned her marriage into a "living hell"
SPECIAL COVERAGE - The global scourge of FGM
An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women have undergone FGM
Mali singer pushes anti-female cutting message
"FGM is an injustice against all women," says singer Bafing Kul
Foundation launches new guide to help social entrepreneurs in the UK and Wales
Free step-by-step guide offers strategic advice for social entrepreneurs navigating a maze of legal options.
Ethiopian slave freed from Paris hotel
An Ethiopian maid reportedly told hotel workers that her Emirati employers had not paid her for the 18 months since she worked for them and that they had confiscated her passport
INTERVIEW-Natural resource payment website will be "turning point" for Cambodia-Oxfam
Despite boasting great mineral resources, a third of Cambodia's 14 million-odd population live below the national poverty line of $0.61 a day
Kenyans pay fines by mobile phone to reduce graft
Kenya's reformist Chief Justice launches a system allowing traffic offenders to pay court fines through mobile phone service M-Pesa