03.10.2007 As the outcome of the Ukrainian election threatens to peel away the orange revolution, Misha Kechaqmadze traces the success of post-Soviet regimes to stamp out the march to democracy.

02.10.2007 Events to mark the 8th anniversary of the founding of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the main opposition party in Zimbabwe, have been violently disrupted by pro-government militias. Ontibile Kababongwe reports from Masvingo.

27.03.2007 In his second dispatch from Harare, Ontibile Kababongwe says that police are closely monitoring University of Zimbabwe students for fear that they might demonstrate in solidarity with arrested civil society leaders.

21.11.2006 The economic rewards of tropical hardwood exports are vital both to Cameroon and its local forest communities, writes André Nguemdjom. Can the forests provide these rewards indefinitely?

28.08.2006 Akande Adebowale attended the recent Toronto conference and concludes that, amongst the many reservations about the world’s handling of the AIDS crisis, there are some hopeful signs

08.08.2006 Israeli bombing has caused a major environmental disaster along much of the Lebanese coastline, writes Kassem El-Saddik. Clean-up operations cannot start without a ceasefire

16.06.2006 There's no getting away from football at the moment - unless you are an Iranian woman and therefore not allowed into a stadium to watch a match. Shirin Sadeghi sees an Iranian film that tells the story of six female fans who dress as boys in an attempt to see the national team.

30.03.2006 Solange Márquez was an assistant to the World Parliamentary Forum on Water during the recent event in Mexico. She shares her experience of seeing the Forum from both the inside and outside

08.03.2006 Sayeed Ahmad is concerned that the people of Bangladesh have lost faith in their government’s ability to protect human rights. He calls for the UN Commission on Human Rights to intervene.

27.02.2006 In this second article about his troubled country, Pradipna Raj Panta turns his attention to the work of international NGOs in Nepal. He is unimpressed by their failure to draw out appropriate skills of local staff.

20.02.2006 In the first of two articles from Nepal, Pradipna Raj Panta laments the sad turn of events in his country but is equally concerned to rectify over-simplified explanations for the failure to resolve the Maoist insurgency.

04.01.2006 Recent actions by Eritrea have raised tensions in the tinderbox dispute with Ethiopia. But why has the UN proved so ineffective in implementing the decisions of the independent border commission, asks Dr.M.Ashaq Raza in Asmara.

14.11.2005 Reports are coming through that weaker members of village communities in the earthquake region are unable to compete for their share of the inadequate relief supplies. A much more energetic response from the military is desperately needed, says Shazad Ali

19.08.2005 Gender based discrimination plays a major role in both human trafficking and unsafe migration. Mainstreaming gender rights as well as the benefits of ICTs should underpin initiatives to combat the problem, concludes Pradipna Raj Panta in his review of human trafficking in South Asian countries.

09.08.2005 Multistakeholder partnership is a viable strategy for financing ICT4D projects for developing countries like Bangladesh. Nazrul Islam highlights the example of the Grameen Village Phone programme

01.07.2005 A frustrating legacy of the communist era in Georgia is the reluctance of citizens to develop a culture of volunteering. Mikheil Kechaqmadze has been inspired by the very different traditions of citizenship in the US and draws on the experience in his policy recommendations for the Georgian government.

17.06.2005 A public meeting held in Yerevan may have been the last chance for environmentalists to persuade the Armenian government to abandon plans to build a road through one of the country’s few surviving forests. Onnik Krikorian reports that the NGO community is united in its opposition.

21.04.2005 Development programmes in Nepal tend to lack understanding of gender issues and fail to recognize the special problems of women in conflict regions. Pradipna Raj Panta is pessimistic about prospects for the Millennium Development Goal for gender.

26.03.2005 Despite the devastation of the Asian tsunami, Pakistani authorities appear oblivious to the elimination of potentially protective mangroves, largely due to construction of dams. Shazad Ali, OneWorld Volunteer Editor in Karachi, interviews the Deputy Director of WWF Pakistan.

10.02.2005 The people of Togo are not generally in the frame of mind to learn about the science of climate change. When organisers of a science festival turned to popular entertainment to communicate the message, Gisèle Dovi went along to see for herself.