At least two dozen dead in ethnic clashes in southeastern Congo
"A worrying pattern is the way women have been targeted, both generally in the violence but also with sexual violence"
Armed with apps and crops, women lead battle to save Senegal's shrinking farmland
Female-led work is vital to rural communities in Senegal - now women are organizing to lead the fight against multinational agribusiness
Iraqi artist recreates ancient works destroyed by Islamic State
Islamic State released video footage last year showing its fighters bulldozing, drilling and blowing up murals and statues at Nimrud
Dozens reported dead as Syrian army fights Islamic State
14 civilians are among the dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Ivory Coast mutineers say reach deal amid fears of renewed revolt
At least 100 heavily armed mutineers then poured into the city centre aboard pickups, military transport trucks and other vehicles
Trapped by war, Mosul residents bury their dead wherever they can
Civilians burying relatives in house gardens, schoolyards
Surge of African migrants brave Latin America jungle trek for U.S. dream
As Europe tightens its borders, growing surge of people from Africa seek new routes to flee poverty, war and persecution
Professor, child killed in two suicide bombing in Nigeria's northeast
There was no claim of responsibility but the attacks bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram
Used to whizzing bullets, Kashmir border farmers now hit by drought
“A farmer in our border village knows exactly what to do in the face of exploding shells and bullets – but one really doesn’t have any idea how to deal with this drought"