Poverty
VIDEO: Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone - 22 September 2009
A woman faces a higher risk of dying in child birth in Sierra Leone than almost anywhere in the world.Maternal death rate in Sierra Leone is a "human rights emergency" - 21 September 2009
In Sierra Leone, one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth - one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.Thousands left homeless by forced evictions in Chad - 9 September 2009
The Chadian government must stop the forced evictions that have left tens of thousands homeless in the capital city of N'Djamena, Amnesty International has said.Kenya must provide shelter for 3,000 forcibly evicted in winter - 28 July 2009
The evictions appear to have been carried out as part of the government of Kenya's plans to build a new road, the Northern Bypass.Thousands face mass eviction from homes and market stalls in Zimbabwe - 23 July 2009
Up to 200 people from an informal settlement in the Harare suburb of Gunhill in Zimbabwe face being forcibly evicted without being given adequate notice or any consuCambodian security forces forcibly evict 60 low-income families - 17 July 2009
The families dismantled their homes after three years of government harassment and intimidation, with no choice but to accept inadequate compensation rather than haveNairobi slum-dwellers march for better conditions and basic human rights - 12 June 2009
Secretary General Irene Khan led the marchers who came from informal settlements all over Kenya's capital - a city where over half the population live in sluKenya High-Level Mission Slideshow
A slideshow of photographs taken during Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan's high-level mission to Kenya on 8-12 June. While in Kenya, Ms Khan visited two informal settl