Cuts or closure? Safety fears loom for women at Mexico's trafficking shelters
Unlike shelters for victims of other types of violence, there has never been a clear source of government funding or support for those housing victims of trafficking, activists say
Ebola survivors comfort sick and frightened in Congo outbreak
More than 800 people, including at least 248 under the age of 18, have died since the outbreak began in August
OPINION: Can Mongolia bring back its blue skies, clouded by coal?
The Green Climate Fund is channelling finance to help Mongolia leapfrog to solar power generation, while promoting alternatives to home coal-burning
Trump attorney general's ruling expands indefinite detention for asylum seekers
Ruling is in keeping with the administration's moves to clamp down on the asylum process as tens of thousands of mostly Central Americans cross into the U.S. asking for refuge
First shipment of Red Cross humanitarian aid arrives in Venezuela
The United Nations estimates that a quarter of Venezuelans are in need of humanitarian assistance, with 1.9 million suffering from malnutrition
Nicaragua crisis forces 60,000 people to flee homes in past year - U.N.
Protests in Nicaragua first erupted last April when the leftist government of President Daniel Ortega moved to reduce welfare benefits
Cholera cases rise in Kenya's capital, top hospital says
The hospital, which has some of the most advanced facilities in the city, said it had put in 'all precautionary measures'
Kenyan food, water scarcity will worsen as rains fail - Met Department
The government said last month 1.1 million Kenyans, mainly in the arid counties of Turkana, Marsabit, Isiolo, Tana River and Garisssa, need humanitarian food assistance
Ebola is real, Congo president tells sceptical population
Mistrust of first responders and widespread misinformation propagated by some community leaders has led many in affected areas to refuse vaccinations
U.N. Security Council considers demanding Libya ceasefire
Diplomats from the 15-member council are due to meet later on Tuesday to discuss the text that also calls for unconditional humanitarian aid access in Libya