Should we stockpile cyanide?
Become survivalists? Transfer all our assets into geoengineering? Start a national strike? Party party now?
from Spanner Films on May 23, 2013.
Displaced people caught in crossfire west of Goma
Fighting with heavy weapons between the Congolese army and the rebel group M23 has forced a leading medical charity to halt work in two camps for displaced people.
from MSF on May 23, 2013.
Think-tank points to disaster funding failure
Only about one in every ten dollars spent on disasters goes towards preparing for and preventing them, according to new research.
from ODI on May 23, 2013.
World increasingly dangerous for refugees and migrants
Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants, warns Amnesty International's latest assessment.
from Amnesty on May 23, 2013.
'Half of developing countries investment' goes through tax havens
Almost half of all money invested in developing countries is channelled through tax havens, a new report revealed today.
from ActionAid on May 23, 2013.
The ticking tax-bomb: is Google good for your country?
Ask someone to describe Google and they’ll probably talk about a search engine that saved the web. Few would describe it as a highly-efficient, profit-driven business machine.
from memeburn on May 22, 2013.
After a decade of achievement, it's time to move beyond fistula
On Thursday the world will celebrate ten years of fighting fistula, a foul condition that affects up to 3 million women and girls in the Global South. But there are questions [...]
from Advocacy Project on May 21, 2013.
FGM victim turns campaigner
Mara Samba Diallo is an unlikely human rights activist. Married at 12 and living in a remote Senegalese village, all she has in her armoury is her own story.
from Evening Standard on May 23, 2013.
