Merkel: End smuggling and slavery, create legal migration chances for Africans
"(Illegal immigration) plays a role all over the African continent now because there are reports that young African men are being sold like slaves in Libya"
South Sudan war seeps into homes, spurring domestic violence
"If there is ever going to be long-term peace in South Sudan, violence against women and girls must be addressed"
EU considers new plan to ease disputes over migrants
Ex-communist countries in the east, with little recent history of immigration, have resisted attempts by the EU executive to force them to take quotas
WHO fears complacency as progress against malaria stalls
Number of cases rose 5 million in 2016
Cyclone kills 19, most under landslide, on Indonesian island of Java
Video footage showed rivers overflowing and roads and villages submerged in brown water after the storm struck on Tuesday
Same-sex marriage bill clears Australia's Senate
Conservative push for religious rights protections defeated
Paraguay's first digital indigenous map aims to reduce land conflicts
Paraguay's beef and soy export industries are the main drivers of deforestation in the fast-growing South American nation
UN seeks report from Myanmar on rapes, deaths of Rohingya women
The rare request for an "exceptional report" from a country was only the panel's fourth since 1982
Ethical data use needed as India embraces blockchain for land records
At least two Indian states are testing blockchain to record land deals and bring transparency to a system that is rife with fraud
France pushes U.N. to impose sanctions over Libya migrant crisis
Call follows global outrage over a video appearing to show African migrants being sold as slaves