Human rights and the internet is the theme of the 10th Global Information Society Watch report - a ‘rough guide’ to the information society from a civil society perspective.

China is a major buyer of Afghanistan’s lapis lazuli but access to the mineral wealth is creating conflict and instability.

Thirty-two years since the devastating explosion at the Union Carbide factory in India, killing thousands and maiming thousands more down the generations.

Some of the most toxic refuse from modern society ends up in poor communities. Researchers are helping one area in the Middle East clean up its electronic-waste problem.

Gambians go to the polls on 1 December to elect a president with the 22-year incumbent planning to stay on.

A new knowledge platform helps policymakers understand the complex interaction on glaciers in the Indus basin.

How Gift of the Givers, a Muslim-funded philanthropy in Africa, has become one of the world's most unusual charities.

Deals by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak have stoked resentment of Chinese influence among ethnic Malays, but they could be big winners if they play their cards well.

Extraordinary new aerial photos show a contemporary uncontacted tribal community estimated to be home to 100 people in the Amazon.

Thousands of Indian male farmers commit suicide every year. What happens to their families?