South Africa policing women's bodies with bursaries for virgins - activist
"Virginity testing is just one symptom of the policing of how women dress, how they behave"
Number of obese and overweight children under five "alarming", WHO says
Almost half of overweight and obese children under five live in Asia and 25 percent in Africa
Tanzanians evicted from flood-prone city areas have nowhere to go
More than 8,000 houses in Dar es Salaam built contrary to the city's 1970s masterplan are slated for demolition
FACTBOX - Malaria: who does it affect and can it be eliminated?
A look at malaria around the world after billionaire Bill Gates and Britain pledged $4.3 bln to fight the disease
Britain and Bill Gates unveil billion dollar initiative to fight malaria
Malaria deaths have fallen by 60 percent globally, but resistance to treatment threatens to roll back these gains
Ethiopian drought is "code red" for newborns and their mothers - NGO
Malnourished pregnant women are less likely to deliver safely and will struggle to feed their underweight newborns
Pakistani women nurture trees and pride in forest drive
Women earn money from provincial forest protection scheme to grow tree seedlings in home nurseries
پاکستانی خواتین جنگلات اگانے پر فخرمحسوس کرتی ہیں
Women earn money from provincial forest protection scheme to grow tree seedlings in home nurseries
FEATURE - Liberia Ebola survivors face health problems and fears the virus could return
Ebola can lie dormant and hide in parts of the body such as the eyes and testicles long after leaving the bloodstream
FEATURE - Uganda campaigners hope legal crackdown will stop acid attacks
Pressure from campaigners nudged Uganda's parliament to pass in November the Toxic Chemicals Prohibition and Control Bill