Brazil’s President Lula da Silva visits flood-hit region
Rio Grande do Sul is at a geographical meeting point between tropical and polar atmospheres, which has created a weather pattern with periods of intense rains and others of drought.…
North Korea fires ballistic missile
North Korea fired on Sunday a ballistic missile from a region near its west coast that flew 430 miles, South Korea's military said, days after a new leader took office in the…
North-East crisis – Oxfam seeks global intervention in region
North-East crisis - Oxfam seeks global intervention in the region.…
Niger-Delta region seeks quick implementation of developmental projects
Niger-Delta region seeks quick implementation of developmental projects.…
Over 4.7mn north-eastern Nigerians face food insecurity
The prolonged humanitarian crisis in north-eastern Nigeria has had a devastating impact on food security in the region. According to the World Food Programme (WFP) up to 4.7 million people face food…
North East crisis – UN calls attention to food shortage in the region
North East crisis - UN calls attention to the food shortage in the region.…
Logistics nightmare: helping the Boko Haram displaced
Humanitarian groups in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria are trying to bring help to some 57,000 people forced out of their homes by Boko Haram Islamists, whose insurgency has devastated…
France’s Hugel family: 300 years of wine-making
The Hugel family have been winegrowers for 13 generations. The first Hagel's settled in the vineyards of Riquewihr, in France's eastern Alsace region, back in 1639.…
The robots built to clean up our nuclear mess
Sellafield is the birthplace of Britain's nuclear industry and it's also the site of its worst disaster. With many facilities sealed off and out of bounds to humans, the region has become…
Asia’s Potential Trade Hot Spots
Most of Asia has largely escaped President Trump's glare on trade, but he may yet come looking. The U.S. runs trade deficits with many of its partners in the region.…