LATEST NEWS:

Latest blog posts

  1. Cassava harvesting near Khorat, Thailand. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT

    Cassava comes to the table

    18 May 2012 01:18 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Neil Palmer | Climate Conversations

    The lowly but widely used tuber may be about to claim its rightful place as food security concerns grow

  2. Children playing in Bentue where this can be risky business with dropping bombs lately

    SOUTH SUDAN: THE RAINS THAT CREATE A SMALL WALL OF PEACE

    16 May 2012 14:51 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    World Vision - East Africa / Geoffrey Kalebbo Denye | Africa Views

    Children run and play as the skies above Leer airstrip in Unity State of South Sudan rumble. The clouds swell, it slowly gets...

  3. A flood victim drinks water from a hand pump in Murad Chandio village, near Dadu in Pakistan's Sindh province, January 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

    Why safe drinking water is not always so safe

    15 May 2012 18:36 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Emma Batha | AlertNet News Blog

    Experts differ over how many people have access to ‘safe’ drinking water

  4. Malians gesture behind the national flag at a rally against the seizure of northern Mali by Tuareg and Islamist rebels, in Bamako on April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney

    Migration, militias, coups and climate change in Mali

    15 May 2012 15:04 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia | Climate Conversations

    The humanitarian community was prepared to deal with climate-driven drought in Mali – but what about government collapse?

  5. Rwanda: CARE Responds to the Influx of DRC Refugees

    15 May 2012 09:07 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    CARE International | Aid Worker Diaries

    Emergency teams from CARE International in Rwanda have mobilized to meet the humanitarian needs of thousands of refugees ...

  6. A man takes a break from loading coal onto trucks near the town of Dangcheng in Quyang county, 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Beijing, Dec. 7, 2011. REUTERS/David Gray

    Climate change means doing Asian development differently

    11 May 2012 14:36 BST | Comments ( 0 )

    Nita Bhalla | Climate Conversations

    "The goal is clear - reduce poverty, increase prosperity, but leave a smaller carbon footprint," says UNDP official

More blogs

ALERTNET INSIGHT

Exclusive, in-depth reporting from our correspondents

Aid agency news

SEE ALL
Multimedia news

Multimedia news