Violent deaths of Venezuelans in Colombia on the rise -report
More than 1.4 million Venezuelans have migrated to Colombia in recent years, fleeing a deep political and economic crisis that has caused long-running shortages of food and medicines
Congo has given over 200,000 people Merck Ebola vaccine-gov't
A total of 1,980 people have so far died in this epidemic, of 2,950 people suspected to have been infected
Murder of hundreds of Colombian activists casts shadow over peace process
Activists involved in efforts to protect the environment, stem illegal mining, oppose the presence of armed groups or promote the eradication of coca risk the ire of multiple armed groups
Tens of thousands of Rohingya mark ‘Genocide Day’ amid tensions in Bangladesh camps
More than one million people live in the camps in southern Bangladesh in the world's largest refugee settlement
"We are hostages": Two years on, Rohingya still in Myanmar trapped by new war
Some 200,000 Rohingya remain in Rakhine state
Family stayed in Syrian town during offensive as rebels ousted
Hundreds of people have been killed in the campaign since late April and more than 500,000 people have been displaced
Car blast, air strikes hit Syria's Idlib city - monitor
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast killed two and wounded at least 11
OPINION: If we want water for all, building more taps just isn’t going to wash
We must prioritise the creation of self-sustaining, resilient systems, that continue to function long after the outside aid-tap is turned off
Rohingya women defy threats in refugee camps to rebuild lives one stitch at a time
Two years after more than 730,000 mostly-Muslim Rohingya fled Buddhist-dominated Myanmar after decades of under apartheid-like restrictions, women are struggling to reposition themselves in society
Mexican families scour arid plains for graves of disappeared
A group of families is working to uncover graves of some of the 40,000 people who have gone missing since the government sent in the armed forces to tackle Mexico's drug cartels at the end of 2006