Myanmar gives green light to resume food aid to Rakhine, says U.N.
"We just have to see what the situation on the ground is. It's very hard to say these things if you can't get in"
New York lets neighborhood return to nature to guard against storms
"To say that extreme weather is not our new normal would just be incredibly short-sighted"
Teenage girls step in to stop child marriages in West Africa
"I think our generation has understood.Our place is not in the home, but at school"
Syrian government to blame for April sarin attack -UN report
"Time and again, we see independent confirmation of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime"
U.N. rights chief decries hunger in Syrian siege, demands aid access
"The deliberate starvation of civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a clear violation of international humanitarian law"
Leprosy neglected in Nigeria as health spotlight turns away
In 2016, Nigeria recorded 2,576 new cases, of which 149 were children, ranking third among African countries with the highest burden of leprosy
Fodder farming provides lifeline to drought-hit Kenyans
"It requires less work than maize, and brings more money"
Explosion kills three Chadian U.N. peacekeepers in northern Mali
The peacekeepers' vehicle struck the explosive device between the northern towns of Tessalit and Aguelhok
Global measles deaths fall, but elimination goals far off
Some 20.8 million children are still missing their first measles vaccine dose
Somalia's al Shabaab stones woman to death for cheating on husband
The victim, Habiba Ali Isak, was a 30-year-old mother of eight children