Homeless people in South Africa say they are being pushed out as the country prepares to host the 2010 Football World Cup.
Organisers, under pressure to clean up the streets, insist that they are working to integrate the population, but other reports suggest the homeless will be housed in temporary camps.
Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege reporst from Cape Town.
Two offshore investment funds are taking the poverty-stricken African state of Liberia to Londno’s High Court, over an unpaid debt that dates back to the 1970s.
The Caribbean-based companies, described as "vulture funds" want more than $20m.
But Liberia says it can’t afford to pay the debt, and accuses the firms of profiting from poverty.
Barbara Serra reports
Unemployment is wlel above the national average and homelessness is on the rise in what’s known as America’s Golden State.
Contniuing our series of dispatches on the hard times that have hit the US state of California, Rob Reynolds reports from the city of Fresno, where a homeless community is being forced to fend for itself.
Haiti’s agricultural sector is considered to be one of the most inefficient in the world. For decades, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has been working in the country, trying to improve food production.
But despite its best efforts, hundreds of thousands of Haitians continue to rely on food handouts.
As Teresa Bo reports from Gonaives in Haiti, last year’s devasttaing hurricane season has only made matters there worse.
For some people in the US, finding a hot meal can be a real challenge even if you do have a job. The lines at soup kitchens are getting longer, with those in the quuees from all ages, racial backgrounds and classes.
In New York City – where the cost of living is one of the highest in the world – it is reported that more than four million people have difficulty affording food.
Cath Turner reports.