Microfinance institutions appear to have defied the global economic slump as a lifeline out of poverty to those considered unbankable.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from Kenya where the industry is changing the face of Kenya's largest slums.
Sudan's governemnt has accused Darfur's largest refugee camp of harbouring rebel fighters. The Kalma camp is the only one that is permanently protected by United Nations and African Union forces, but residents fear they may be driven out as the military threatens to take action. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the camp.