Mali struggles to disarm ethnic militia suspected of massacre
The killings of the villagers on March 23, Mali's worst ethnic bloodletting in living memory, show what can go wrong when governments turn a blind eye to vigilante groups in order to repel jihadists
Rights group condemns U.S. 'vigilantes' treatment of migrants on border
The group says it is helping Border Patrol deal with a surge in undocumented migrants but civil rights organizations say it is a 'fascist militia' organization operating outside the law
Mali government resigns after massacre, insecurity
The March 23 killings by suspected hunters from the Dogon community on Ogossagou, a village in central Mali populated by rival Fulani herders, were bloody even by the recent standards of Mali's ever-worsening violence
Mortar bombs land on Tripoli suburb as two-week battle rages on
The shelling came a day after seven people were killed when Grad rockets hit a densely populated district of Tripoli
Islamic State claims its first Congo attack
The three died in clashes on Tuesday in Bovata. The town has been simultaneously beset by militia violence and an Ebola epidemic
Fighters for women, LGBT+ rights, climate make most-influential lists
Each year, Fortune publishes a list of the world's 50 greatest leaders, while Time puts out a list of the 100 most influential people
UN envoy sees troop withdrawal in Yemen's Hodeidah within weeks
Hodeidah handles the bulk of Yemen's commercial and aid supplies and is critical for feeding the population of 30 million people
Solar power 'cow' helps children swap farming for classes
About 262 million children between the ages of 6 and 17 - or one out of every five globally – do not attend school
Several thousand foreign children languish in Syria camp - UN
Children's plight is a dilemma for nations who saw citizens leave and fight for the jihadist movement only to find themselves in limbo after the fall of their self-proclaimed 'caliphate'
Syrian government shelling kills 7 in rebel-held northwest-civil defence
Most of the deaths were women and children, said the White Helmets, known officially as the Syrian civil defence