Algeria to grant legal status to African migrants amid worker shortages, racism
Migrants in Algeria tend to work illegally and are very often underpaid
Islamic State cornered in Mosul as Iraq prepares victory celebrations
Thousands are believed trapped in the area with little food, water or medicine, and are being used as human shields
Feeling unwanted and unwelcome, African migrants hit by new tax in Israel
Israel has granted asylum to fewer than 1 percent of those who have applied and has a years-long backlog of applicants
Raids on Uganda show South Sudan's war spilling across its borders
Gunman suspected of trying to harm refugees
France, Germany pledge more support for Italy on migrants, offer vague
Italy has taken in about 82,000 refugees and migrants so far this year, a third more than a year ago
Swathes of south China under water, heat strikes north
More rain is forecast in coming days
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill nine, abduct dozens in Niger
Attackers rode camels into the village of Ngalewa, about 50 km (30 miles) north of the border with Nigeria - home of the Boko Haram insurgency -
Suicide bomber dressed as woman kills 14 in Iraqi displacement camp
The camp known as "kilo 60" houses people forced out of Sunni Muslim areas control by Islamic State in the Euphrates river valley
"Suicide Squad" brave bullets to rescue civilians in embattled Philippine town
Military believes hundreds of civilians are still trapped by the conflict
French and West African presidents launch Sahel force
Paris considers the Sahel a breeding ground for militants and traffickers who pose a threat to Europe.