Sold by Islamic State, bought by strangers: Yazidi child reunited with family
For the 18 months he lived with the couple, his relatives assumed he was dead, one of several thousand Yazidis who have been missing
Iraq faces challenge of educating Mosul's displaced children
3.5 million Iraqi children of school age missing out on education
Syrian musician says Trump immigration order insults humanity
"There are people whose lives have been completely upended by this decision... college students with visas who aren't allowed in, fathers going to see their children"
INTERVIEW-Uganda rules out military intervention in South Sudan
Uganda sent in troops when hostilities first broke out in 2013, move that Kampala says prevented ethnic slaughter on similar scale to 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Drought stokes battle for pastures in Kenya's northern regions
Residents accuse local politicians of encouraging herders to bring cattle onto farms and ranches to drum up support for August elections
Crackdown on bush refineries unsettles Nigeria's oil heartland
Security crackdown risks driving hundreds of young men from refineries into militant groups
Migration from Africa to Europe likely to rise in spring - EU sources
181,000 people made the journey from Libya to Europe last year, including 25,000 unaccompanied minors
Malaria superbugs threaten global malaria control, scientists say
More than half the world's people are at risk of malaria infection
Zika ebbing in Latin America but vigilance needed -WHO
WHO expects further outbreaks in Africa after Angola
Faced with U.S. retreat on climate change, EU looks to China
"We need to embrace the fact that China has invested very heavily in clean energy"