Beijing outlines plans to improve air quality more in 2020, use more new energy vehicles
The Chinese capital recorded an average concentration of tiny airborne smog particles at the lowest level since the country began an anti-air pollution campaign in 2016
INTERVIEW -Namibia's first lady pledges to give all her wealth to charity
Monica Geingos is on a mission to change the image of African first ladies and tackle sexism and inequality in Namibia, the world's second most unequal country
Locust swarms in East Africa: here's what you need to know
Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are being ravaged by the worst locust outbreak in decades
Migrants raped and trafficked as U.S. and Mexico tighten borders, charity says
Mexico has ramped up efforts to stop migrants reaching the U.S. border under pressure from President Donald Trump who threatened to put import tariffs on its goods
Syria displacement is worst since conflict began: UN
Of Syria's 17 million people, 5.5 million are living as refugees in the region
Dozens of Rohingya refugees missing, 15 confirmed dead after boat capsizes
Lured by traffickers, many people attempt perilous voyage to Malaysia on overcrowded, rickety vessels
U.N. targets small farm businesses to help poorest producers
Despite producing half of the world's food calories, most small-scale food producers cannot access loans, while hunger and poverty are increasingly concentrated where they live and work
Australian High Court rules Indigenous people can't be deported
Australia's 700,000 or so Indigenous people track near the bottom of its 25 million citizens in almost every economic and social indicator
Top lithium miner seeks to monitor water scarcity in parched Chile salt flat
The battle for water in Chile's salt flats has intensified, and residents and environmental groups worry that mining of lithium and copper is damaging regional ecosystem
Smart drones to be tested in battle against E. Africa locust swarms
The impact on the region's food supply could be enormous - a locust swarm of a square kilometre is able to eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people