Fleeing battle for Tripoli, Libyan families take refuge in abandoned factory
More than 18,000 people have been displaced, according to the United Nations, by a two-week offensive by forces from eastern Libya trying to take the capital from the internationally recognised government
'Falling through the cracks': vulnerable U.S. homeowners overlooked after disasters
Mobile home residents often are not able to access the post-disaster assistance available to other homeowners
Libya conflict stirs divisions in Gulf and Europe
The conflict has brought a growing humanitarian toll - 174 people, 756 injured and 18,250 displaced according to latest UN tallies - and sunk for now an international peace plan
Flowers bloom in war-torn Syria's battered cities
The flowers blanket a scene of war. The hummocks and dells are piles of debris, barricades, craters and trenches. They grow where people once lived, fought, died.
From roads to water, Nairobi slum upgrades bear fruit for residents
Improvements to infrastructure and services in Kenya's capital are boosting local incomes, reducing disaster risk, and laying the basis for greener development
Ivanka Trump backs women's land rights on Africa trip
Ivanka Trump said she would campaign for women's right to own and inherit land in Africa
Taliban team at Afghan peace talks in Qatar to include women-spokesman
For a group notorious for its strictly conservative attitude to women's rights, the move represents a step towards addressing demands that women be included in the talks
LGBT+ Syrian refugees launch case against UK for leaving them in Turkey
The group have been waiting for up to two years in Istanbul, where they face double discrimination from both fellow refugees and Turkish people
French-made tanks and howitzer canons used in Yemeni war - Disclose
France is a signatory of a UN treaty that regulates the international trade of conventional weapons and bans the sale of weapons that fuel human rights violations or war crimes
After Cyclone Idai, thousands still cut off, many more in need - aid agencies
Aid agencies have said thousands of people were still completely cut off and warned of the potential for a catastrophic hunger crisis to take hold, especially as aid appeals went largely underfunded