From the aftermath of Cyclone Mahasen to transparency in the extractive industries, take a look at what our correspondents are reporting on this week

Pierre Landell-Mills, who spent most of his working life at the World Bank, writes in his new book Citizens Against Corruption that civil society organisations are the key to stamping out graft

Bridge loans close gap between money pledged and received

Could East Africa’s regional development authority help figure out how to best use the region’s water resources?

The Disasters Emergency Committee's decision to mount appeals for Syria presented significant challenges but the money is vital and is already being deployed in the field, says the DEC chairman

Zambia’s first lady honoured for promoting reproductive health, describes being “constantly haunted” by patients she has lost to preventable, pregnancy-related conditions

As far as corrupt money and capital flight are concerned, it takes two to tango

Without improving governance, it will not be possible to lift the 1.2 billion people who still live off $1.25 a day or less out of poverty and to ensure that economic growth will benefit all citizens

Even though Mother’s Day is over, do one more thing for your mom and all the other moms out there: call your members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act today.

Medical experts say that tobacco farming leads to Green Tobacco Sickness

A spate of news reports of sexual attacks on Indian women and girls, sparked by the gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi in December, has shocked many families, unaware of this side of their patriarchal society

Nearly half of Sittwe’s population used to be Muslim, but almost all have been pushed to rural areas and those remaining live in a quarter of town off limits to journalists and even aid agencies

Guatemala is world’s first country to convict former head of state for genocide in its own national court - bolstering rule of law and proving that their former dictators can be brought to justice

ICRW president Sarah Degnan Kambou applauds G8 foreign ministers for pledging to develop comprehensive approach to preventing and responding to sexual violence associated with armed conflict.

Women and girls should not die because they are denied an abortion to protect their own right to life, health and integrity