Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade.
22 April is Earth Day. Should punishment be made to those personally responsible for destroying our planet?
Libby Powell reflects on last year's International Womens Day when women took to the streets of Egypt to fight for their rights.
On the International Day Against Police Brutality, Nick Harvey looks back on a busy year for out-of-control officers.
March is 'Move Your Money' month!
4 March, Presidential Elections, Russia
More than 30,000 Bedouin, which the Israeli government call 'squatters', face eviction to make way for settlements, reports Libby Powell.
Renewable energy mega-projects are causing environmental damage and mass displacement says Joyce Nelson.
As the African National Congress turns 100, Brett Scott criticises its failure to share South Africa's prosperity with the poor.
Changes in Burma over the past year have been astounding, but as the country celebrates 64 years of independence, its people remain far from free.
In Malawi fear of reprisals silences journalists over press freedom.
Many Zambians feel that the flood of money from China has done nothing to improve their lives, as Andrew Bowman reports.
Is it the US government? Is it Al Shabab? Is it the UN? Sally Healy argues it is the result of a collective failure.
Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan is experiencing a strange new disintegration of its own. Angela Robson reports.
Guatemalans go to the polls on 11 September - but despite an embarrassment of candidates, many fear it's a case of simply hoping that the least bad option wins.
Canadian troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan this month. In theory, at least, reports Wayne Ellwood.