India is the top choice for Afghan youth who travel abroad for higher education. Scholarships and familiarity with culture makes it easy for Afghans to integrate into the education system and society. ...

Some of the poorest communities in Ghana are suffering from "river blindness", a painful disease that leaves its victims blind. Npong Francis reports from the local eye hospital. ...

The number of climate refugees is expected to reach 200 million by 2015, but no legal framework exists to protect them. Are we sleepwalking into yet another human disaster? ...

Ghana's farmers warn the country is sleepwalking into a food-insufficiency disaster and call on the government to help them avert it. ...

KUMI Naidoo of South Africa has emerged as the Intl. Executive Director of Greenpeace after a lifetime of activism. He was recently seen at the much publicized Rio+20 conference. We ask him about the effectiveness of these conferences and if the private sector is really taking any tangible steps towards environmental protection and sustainability. ...

According to the statistics provided by the Nepal Police, there has been a surge in drug trafficking activities in the country and the number of people arrested involved in such activities has increased as well. ...

What happens when you're on the receiving end of the horrific impacts of climate change? Npong Francis from Ghana shares his personal story. ...

Sometimes gay couples in Europe are trapped in a sort of Kafkian scenario when they try to register their relationship status. It can be a harrowing experience, which leads to discrimination against gay couples within EU member states. The portraits of three affected individuals illustrate just how frustrating this can be. ...

On the concluding day of the Rio+20 Sustainability Conference, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Prime Minister of Denmark, along with other female Heads of State, signed a 'call to action' that urged governments, civil society and the private sector to prioritise gender equality and women’s empowerment in the sustainable development agenda. ...

Rio+20 could have been the conference that changed lead countries to powerful sustainable development commitments. But it was not. ...