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Tens of thousands of people in Egypt - Africa's second most populous country - have taken to the streets in recent months to protest against water shortages, a fact which goes some way to explaining the government's reluctance to relinquish its current share of River Nile water.

Across the U.S., development and agriculture have fundamentally altered the American landscape.

On July 18th, Taiwanese farmers turned the grand boulevard in front of the Presidential Office into rice fields to protest against the Land Expropriation Act.

The BP oil company has stopped work on a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico due to a tropical storm approaching the site.

An outbreak of black pod disease in the southwestern cocoa-producing area of Côte d’Ivoire, is slashing harvests for thousands of local farmers.

While they are major carbon emitters, transnational corporations (TNCs) are also a source of ‘green’ investments and can play a crucial role in propelling the world towards a low-carbon future, according to a new report by the UN trade arm.

Over 110 million people have been affected by a flood disaster in China, which has led to the deaths of over 700 people.

An ancient wooden version of Stonehenge has been unearthed at the site of the world famous Bronze Age monument in Britain.

British Petroleum (BP) was caught up in yet another controversy after bloggers noticed an image of its US oil spill command centre was digitally modified to make the staff look engaged in cleaning up operations.

People and wildlife have never been in greater competition for limited resources as human populations invade shrinking natural habitats in a fight for living space, food and water. In this vignette of a planet-wide battle, IRIN looks at how to keep elephants away from your crops and raiding monkeys out of your food stores.