Mosul food, water reserves dwindle as fighting cuts off supplies
With winter setting in, aid workers say a full siege is developing around the city and poor families are struggling to feed themselves as prices rose sharply
Aleppo politician pleads for safe passage to let residents leave city
"We have documented evidence, proof of executions and reprisals"
AFDB to lend Tunisia up to 2 bln euros over next five years -official
Tunisia is seeking financial support and foreign investment as it struggles with weak growth
Iraqi family's search for "Lost Girl" taken by Islamic State
"Maybe someone will bring her and look for us and make contact. God knows"
Monitor says Syrians being held by government in Aleppo
The Observatory said the government was detaining and questioning displaced people who have fled towards northeastern parts of the city
Worsening security forces more Afghan schools to shut
"Our students are the first victims of the war"
Conflict displaces record number of Afghans in 2016, U.N. says
More than 515,800 people have been internally displaced by fighting in 2016
Rwanda to probe possible role of French officials in genocide - prosecutor
Rwanda has frequently had diplomatic rows with France since the genocide, when about 800,000 people were killed
Labour abuses found at Indonesian palm plantations supplying global companies -Amnesty
Companies including Unilever, Nestle, Kellogg and Procter & Gamble source palm oil from Indonesian plantations with labour abuses and child workers
China offers Myanmar support to end ethnic unrest near border
The sudden escalation in fighting comes as the Myanmar government grapples with a conflict in northwestern Rakhine