2015 Humanitarian year in pictures
Here is our pick of the best pictures of 2015 covering major events
Reducing climate change disaster risk
Climate change is bringing more severe floods, droughts and other extreme weather around the globe. What can be done to cut the risks?
5 facts you need to know about the humanitarian crisis in Syria
More than 2.5 million people have fled Syria's civil war to neighbouring countries such as Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq more are fleeing the violence every day. The United Nations says the situation in Syria is extremely challenging and continues to deteriorate rapidly with more than 6.8 million Syrians needing humanitarian aid.
Tearfund campaigners call on Australia to act on extractive transparency
Campaigners from advocacy group, Tearfund urge Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott to agree global transparency rules for the oil, gas and mining industry as Australia takes the chair at the G20
Faced with droughts and floods, Mozambique aims to control water
Southern Mozambique, poor and highly prone to floods and drought, is getting a 70,000-hectare water management system to boost food security and incomes and lower disaster risk in the region.