'Xenophobia is part of life. We do not live easy here. We only survive,' says Somali shopkeeper, Abdinasir Shaikh Aden, looking tense.

Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.

Aid groups and U.N. agencies are raising the alarm over the vulnerability of pregnant women and babies in flood ravaged Pakistan.

Fisheries contribute at least $10 billion dollars to African economies every year. In countries such as Angola, Egypt and Namibia, fisheries are vital economic drivers.

Farmer Obed Dlamini, like many of his colleagues from Swaziland, finds it difficult to find quality maize seeds each planting season. Not only are the seeds expensive but they are often not available.

In what promises to be a contentious, high-profile series of debates, the forces of environmental protection will be lining up against those of the electric power industry over the future status of coal-ash.

Ramaih Sathdiyapillai has had enough of life on the run. A native of Kilinochchi district — which was until not too long ago the stronghold of the separatist Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka’s north — she bore the brunt of the war along with tens of thousands of others.