We must look after forests so they look after us
This year’s International Day of Forests is dedicated to improving education around their importance to our future
Rescue teams race to save hundreds trapped by Mozambique cyclone
At least 200 people have died in Mozambique and 98 in Zimbabwe, but the toll is likely to rise as rescuers are still finding bodies
Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to city of Bunia
Bunia is the second-largest city in eastern Congo to confirm a case of the haemorrhagic fever during the current outbreak, which is believed to have killed 610 people and infected 370
UN to hold Libya conference in April to avoid military showdown
The U.N. has been scrambling to save almost two years of mediation to prepare Libya for elections and end its split into two rival administrations
Battle for last Islamic State enclave edges towards its end
Women and children leaving Baghouz have spoken of harsh conditions under siege, surviving heavy aerial bombardment and with food supplies so scarce that some resorted to eating grass
FACTBOX-Cyclone Idai's trail of destruction across southeast Africa
Mozambique started three days of national mourning for those killed in what has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in the country's history
Driver hijacks, sets ablaze school bus in Italy, children flee unharmed
An unnamed girl was quoted as saying that the driver blamed deputy prime ministers Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio for the deaths of African migrants at sea
Ex-Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic sentenced to life in prison
Panel rules that 40-year sentence originally imposed on Karadzic was too light given the "extraordinary gravity" of the crimes
Italian parliament saves Salvini from migrant kidnapping probe
In August, Salvini blocked an Italian coastguard ship with 150 migrants aboard for almost a week off the coast of Sicily before finally letting it dock
No more 'fifth wife' sex slaves and maids, Niger's top court rules
Ruling rejects centuries old custom in which rich men take on unofficial wives who live as domestic and sexual slaves