EU border agency expects same number of migrants via Libya this year as last
Some 1.6 million refugees and migrants reached the bloc by crossing the Mediterranean in 2014-2016 and the main route now leads from the shores of the lawless Libya to Italy
UN warns of catastrophic dam failure in Syria battle
The dam holds back the the Euphrates River 40 km upstream of the IS stronghold of Raqqa and has been controlled by IS since 2014
Sri Lankan PM says failed asylum seekers safe to return home
Only five men from Nepal on Manus have so far opted to leave despite the threat of deportations
INSIGHT - Sold into marriage: how Rohingya girls become child brides in Malaysia
A growing number of Rohingya women fleeing Myanmar are becoming victims of human traffickers who sell women and girls to Rohingya men as brides
EXCLUSIVE-Australia increases pressure, cash offers for PNG asylum seekers to return home
Asylum seekers on Manus Island pressured to take amounts of up to $25,000 to return to their countries, or face deportation
Nigeria declares pollution in southern city an emergency, closes plant
"The colour of the water, the stains on the sink are always black"
Canada court rules in favor Aboriginals taken from families
"This is a dark and painful chapter in Canada's history"
Turkana tribesmen walk with guns to protect their cattle from rivals in Kenya
Turkana tribesmen walk with guns in order to protect their cattle from rival Pokot and Samburu tribesmen near Baragoy, Kenya February 14, 2017. Cattle rustling and competition for grazing have long troubled northern Kenya, but severe drought and political rivalries ahead of the elections have exacerbated the situation between ethnic tribes. REUTERS/Goran. Tomasevic
Cash crunch drives South Sudan's troops and families to the edge
After three years of civil conflict and with rampant inflation, now a third of the population needs food aid
Congolese soldiers kill at least 101 in militia clashes - U.N.
Hundreds have died and tens of thousands have been uprooted in central Congo in battles between security forces and the militia