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Detention centres can have a serious impact on the mental health of asylum seekers, experts say in the latest edition of Forced Migration Review
The reopening of the Supreme Court case against Brazilian politicians convicted in a vote-buying scheme stuns the nation but fails to stir the level of anger seen during protests in June
Kenya’s solar power is off the national energy grid, but a Nairobi university may help change that
Why does the international community intervene in some conflicts and not others, and what are the laws governing such interventions?
Many call her "India's daughter" - symbolising the fact she could have been any one of us in this country where women constantly risk verbal, physical or sexual abuse
Communal violence between majority Hindus and Muslims in northern India's Uttar Pradesh region has left 45 people dead and thousands displaced
Award-winning journalist Sara Lewkowicz spent months photographing a young American woman whose relationship deteriorated into physical violence
A new climate change survey in Asia suggests Pakistanis are leading Bangladeshis in adaptation to changes
After promising in his election campaign to promote women’s rights and equality, Iran’s new president has sent mixed signals with his early senior appointments, but rights activists will keep pushing for more public posts for women
Is there a happy medium between subsistence farming and low-paid labour for big business? In Cambodia, farmers-turned-low-paid labourers at plantations suffer higher food and job insecurity
Looking at climate change risks the same way we look at health or insurance risks may pay dividends in understanding
Global Fund seeks cash to intensify the struggle to defeat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, Liberia and Sweden promise to do all they can - and say women must have a stronger role in society
By cutting livestock methane emissions while reducing the need for fertilizer, a tropical grass could reduce the “hoofprint” of livestock
Pressure on Brazil's rulers to crack down on corruption and improve public services is mounting as the growing middle class flexes its muscles and demands improvements
Even in the United States, a country with strong democratic traditions, the legislature struggles to hold the defence institution accountable for its actions when there are clear indications that they contravene national interest
From an award-winning photojournalist's thoughts on the Syrian conflict to the crumbling health system in Central African Republic, take a look at what our correspondents will be reporting on this week
The vast new underground water stores under Kenya’s arid north are great news – unless they lead to pastoralists falling victim to corrupt land grabs
Countries with natural resources sought by huge multinationals should put the interests of their own people first, and not give away or sell cheaply the land on which millions depend for food and shelter
Organised, funded and staffed by Burmese migrant workers, a primary school on the outskirts of Bangkok aims to both educate children and reduce child labour