by James Belgrave
Burundi, a country praised in recent years for its free and dynamic press and active civil society, is witnessing a worrying deterioration...
by Josique Lorenzo Lemire
In June, the world turned its attention to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD 2012). At the same...
By EDVIN ARNBY MACHATA
We see it on the news almost everyday—people starving, people fleeing and, more often than not, this suffering and destruction is...
by Amy Cannoly
June 2012 saw the convergence of world leaders, powerful participants of world governments, agents of the private sector, and non-governmental organizations...
Due to climate change-driven rising flood waters in Bangladesh workers are leaving their land and moving to the country’s cities in their droves.
Seasonal flooding...
When the heydays of the Arab Spring have subdued; that promising, bright and mesmerizing picture of the Arab world has started to fade. Contrary to popular expectations outside the Arab World, the Islamist fundamentalist and semi-fundamentalists dominate the elected bodies in the post-revolutionary Arab states.
By Joel Obengo
Despite multiple cease fire attempts and ongoing peace negotiations, violence continues to consume much of South Sudan. Insecurity throughout the country has disrupted agricultural activities and exacerbated food insecurity, bringing South Sudan to the brink of famine and a humanitarian crisis.