Opportunities for local people to hold NGOs to account for their actions have improved, but there has been little evidence to suggest that they can actually influence the [...]

Hunger-strikers in Guantanamo Bay prison must have access to independent medical examination and advice, a group of more than 150 doctors has told US President Barack Obama.

More people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major new factor in global displacement.

Real progress but unfinished business: that's the IF campaign's verdict on the G8 meeting.

The G8 agreement on tax is a step in the right direction but leaves major unfinished business, says the organisation Enough Food For Everyone IF.

The UN special adviser explains what the road to 2015 will look like.

Because the U2 frontman and others like him are seen as representatives of the poor, the poor are not invited to speak, claims George Monbiot.

Expansion of hydroelectricity projects, roads and tourism is making the Himalaya in Uttarakhand crumble, report Jyotsna Singh and Soma Basu.