AFRICA
MALAWI - Devaluation, fuel shortages and economic mismanagement have conspired to push staple food prices to "alarming levels" in urban areas of Malawi, where even catching a bus to work has be...

GLOBAL
DEVELOPMENT - The worldwide rush for land during a period of growing population, and declining food security, heralds "a new era in the struggle for, and control over, land in many areas of the...

GLOBAL
CLIMATE - The limited agreement reached at the climate summit in Durban, South Africa, highlights the need for the United Nations to review its negotiating process moving forward. UN officials ...

GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE - As leaders from around the world continue to struggle to forge an international climate change battle plan, efforts at the community and country level are moving ahead. Austral...

GLOBAL
CLIMATE - The worlds three biggest polluters, China, the U.S. and India, were holding back support for a "road map" proposed by the European Union that would deliver the next global climate tre...