The deaths of more than 74 000 children from tuberculosis could be prevented each year through measures outlined in the first ever action plan developed specifically on TB and children.

The biggest names in the food and drink industry are not doing enough to stop poor people from being forced from their land and homes to make way to grow crops, according to a new report.

The $1m US contribution to the Senegalese court charged with trying the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré affirms the importance of Senegal’s efforts to ensure justice for Chadian victims in Africa, says an international rights group.

An important street demonstration took place against Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law in response to a call from an opposition group that spent more than three months rallying support for the protest.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization figures show that the fight against hunger is progressing alarmingly slowly, says a development agency.

Some 842 million people, or roughly one in eight, suffered from chronic hunger in 2011-13, not getting enough food to lead active and healthy lives, according to a report released by the UN food agencies.

The top 5 UK banks are accused of helping fuel climate change and destroying communities and the environment in the rainforests of Indonesian Borneo through their financing of an Indonesian coal boom.

Many older Syrian refugees are suffering in silence, making huge sacrifices for their families at the expense of their own health, says a report by Caritas Lebanon.

Attempts by Greater Manchester Police and the UK's Crown Prosecution Service to confiscate the family home of a Muslim man convicted of terrorism offences have been condemned by an Islamic rights group.

Comments by a Saudi psychologist that driving affects women’s ovaries and can lead to health problems for their their children have outraged many women in the country.