Niger Delta villagers go to the Hague to fight against oil giant Shell
This once self-sufficient community suffered from the excesses of oil firms and corrupt officials. Now, the villagers are blamed for everything and the arms dealers are having a field day
India Solar Boom: Rural Poor Give Up On Power Grid
"Decentralized solar installations are going to take off in a very big way and will probably be larger than the grid-connected segment." - Santosh Kamath, executive director of consulting firm KPMG in India
From before: Pakistan's Fatal Shore
With its "Islamic" nuclear bomb, Taliban- and al-Qaeda-infested borderlands, dysfunctional cities, and feuding ethnic groups, Pakistan may well be the world's most dangerous country, a nuclear Yugoslavia-in-the-making. One key to its fate is the future of Gwadar, a strategic port whose development will either unlock the riches of Central Asia, or plunge Pakistan into a savage, and potentially terminal, civil war.
BBC English report on Balochi revolutionary music
The BBC travels to Karachi, Pakistan, to learn about the Baloch insurgency and the genre of inqilabi music
In Afghanistan: Factory, coal mine show connections matter most in Afghan business
THE news that Afghanistan has $1 trillion in unmined mineral deposits has been met with some pessimism. Now, it is said, the country will be transformed from its present condition into the next Congo, whose new wealth from gold, copper and other minerals has brought mainly corruption and violence.
You Say Tomato, I Say Awesome
Global development: Companies everywhere, take note: turns out it's not impossible after all. Businesses can thrive and do right by their workers.
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