Pressure is intensifying in Bangladesh for the interim government to end its state of emergency and release Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, the country’s top leaders.
Added to the political strife are the natural disasters that continue to plague the region.
Last November, Cyclone Sidr devastated the southern coast of the country, killing at least 3,000 people.
Tony Birtley reports on the problems facing the country.
People & Power goes on the campaign trail in Nepal and behind the cliches of poverty in Africa.
People & Power goes on the campaign trail in Nepal and behind the cliches of poverty in Africa.
People & Power reports from a local madrassa in India, where students of all faiths are united by poverty.
Native Americans in the US state of Dakota are being driven to alcohol abuse and suicide.In the second installment on a series of special reports highlighting poverty issues in the United States, Al Jazeera’s John Cookson meets a community of native Americans and reports on their daily struggle to survive.