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24 Nov 2009 17:39:00 GMT
Trials not yet a deterrent to rapes in Congo
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - In the year since the start of the first trial at the international war crimes court involving an alleged Congolese warlord, rape on a mass scale has continued unabated in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Thomas Lubanga, accused of training child soldiers to kill and rape, went on trial at the International Criminal Court in January and two more of his compatriots went on trial at the court on Tuesday, charged with crimes against humanity including rape and sexual slavery.

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24 Nov 2009 11:29:00 GMT
Climate change and conflict: respecting complexity
The climate deal won't happen at Copenhagen in December. The work will continue. And as more people become aware of and motivated by the links between climate change on the one hand and conflict, peace and security on the other, both the possibility and the necessity of clarity about those links increase.

It is an area of discussion where making an extra effort of care and precision is justified.

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16 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT
Why boosting food output is not enough to beat hunger
LONDON (AlertNet) - In a world that is producing enough food to feed everyone, why are one in six people going hungry?

Fighting rising hunger is top of the agenda at a summit hosted by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) this week which is discussing ways to boost agricultural output in poor countries.

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16 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMT
Can indigenous knowledge reduce climate disaster risk?
I have just spent three weeks in Northern Kenya among the Borana people, followed by three weeks in Mindanao, southern Philippines, partly with the Higaonan tribe.

Vastly different countries yet I was immediately struck by the similarities in the challenges the communities faced, including drought, conflict, floods and general environmental degradation.

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12 Nov 2009 10:58:00 GMT
Millions Fed: some solutions close at hand
More than a billion people go hungry each day - about the same number as did in the late 1950s. That's both a "tragedy on a grand scale" and an "astounding success," according to a new report called "Millions Fed," produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

While the absolute number of hungry people is the same as it was 40 years ago, the proportion is dramatically smaller - one in six today, compared to one in three then, the report said. It illustrates 20 successful case studies where progress has been made in the fight against hunger.

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