News Digest

Uganda expels ‘rebels’, Babies victims of rape, Carbon bubble

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement has recommended the expulsion of four outspoken members of parliament from the party; Babies as young as six months victims of rape in war: U.N. envoy;...

An interview with Matt Simmonds, Connecting Kids to Real Food, Human Rights Festival

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: An interview with Matt Simmonds, the liaison officer for the platform of civil society organisations that sits in the OECD Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, BetterAid in Paris; Connecting Kids to Real...

Morocco’s Gender-Equality Laws, Massive Rape Crisis in Syria, Ban pesticides

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: The economic integration of women has actually declined in Morocco; In Syria, regime soldiers are said to be sexually violating women and men from the opposition; Bee numbers have declined significantly in...

Nelson Mandela, ‘intervention brigade’ for Congo, Zanu PF

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Paris makes Nelson Mandela honorary citizen, Brigade will join UN peacekeeping force to help defend against rebels in eastern Congo, and Zanu PF Vows to Resist Security Sector Reform. - Paris makes...

Clean Cooking Solutions to the Poor, Wold Water Day, Earth Hour

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Mobilizing a $100 Billion Market to Bring Clean Cooking Solutions to the Poor, and this week we celebrated Wold Water Day and turned off the lights on Earth Hour! - Mobilizing a $100 Billion Market to...

Against a Tide of Evil, Sudan Summit Recap, Satellite Imagery

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Against a Tide of Evil: Whistleblower to the First Mass Murder of the Twenty-First Century by Mukesh Kapila, Act for Sudan Emergency Action Summit Recap and Satellite Imagery confirms Sudan Armed Forces...

Advocacy Training, International Women’s Day, Kenya’s election results

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Enough Project hosted an advocacy, media, and development training in Washington, D.C., Reporters Without Borders sends an open letter to the authorities in Tunisia, International Women’s Day...

DR Congo, Ushahidi, Zimbabwe and Connie Hedegaard

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Clashes in DR Congo, Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award, assault on freedom of expression and access to information in Zimbabwe, and Connie Hedegaard on the United States combating climate change. - DR...

Denis Mukwege, Enough Project and Eric Reeves

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Denis Mukwege, renown gynaecologist in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Enough Project selected as a winner of the 2013 Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention competition, and Eric Reeves on bombings in...

Eastern Congo, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, For-Profit World, Pistorius

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Eastern Congo, CIVICUS Secretary General, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Talent From the For-Profit World and the Pistorius case. - Six Questions With WFP Nutritionist In Eastern Congo - An Interview with...