Liberia's burial workers struggle to forget horrors of Ebola as seek new jobs
Traumatised Liberian burial workers are trying to rebuild their lives
Links between slavery, environmental damage are cause for hope, author argues
As slave labour is often used to cut down forests, ending it would help reduce CO2 emissions, says Kevin Bales
Atlantic, Caribbean storms more destructive as temperatures rise - study
Warming seas could produce more rainfall and far more destructive storm surges in next 50 to 100 years
Half Central African Republic's people face hunger, WFP fed 400,000 in December
One in six Central Africans are struggling with extreme food insecurity, meaning having to sell their possessions just to get by
Syrian orchestra reunites in London supported by Blur frontman
"This concert is a wonderful opportunity to show the world another side to the Syrian story" - orchestra's principal conductor
INTERVIEW - Haiti needs new approach to make aid effective, bring jobs, skills: ex-PM
"The problem with aid is that it wasn't country led and it wasn't country owned. It has been very damaging." - Laurent Lamothe
Painted marker posts help quell land conflicts in Sudan's Darfur
Though mass killings have eased, tensions remain as droughts force Arab herders to compete with non-Arab farmers over land
N.Ireland assembly transgender candidate backs LGBT rights, abortion law change
"By ignoring the issues that marginalised communities have, we're not representing the voices of the minorities" - Ellen Murray
Zimbabwe court bans child marriage after challenge by former child brides
Parents often marry girls off young so they have less mouths to feed, and dowry payments may be a further incentive
India's Bihar state to reserve 35 percent of government jobs for women
Bihar wants to boost women's empowerment in one of India's poorest and most under-developed states