Iraqi student hopes scholarship will help boost education for Yazidis
"The children study in tents, and are also living in tents they have nowhere to go to do their homework ..."
Syrian govt forces used chemical weapons more than 2 dozen times -UN
Total of 33 uses of chemical weapons documented in Syria
BBC launches staff pay review to quell anger over gender gap
The revelation that the BBC's best-paid male star earned five times more than the best-paid woman, and that two thirds of on-air high earners were men, generated a spate of critical headlines
EXCLUSIVE-Bangladesh protests over Myanmar's suspected landmine use near border
Government sources in Dhaka say the mines may be intended to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence
Watch out Wonder Woman: Nigeria's Chibok girls inspire Marvel's new superhero
The character stems from the high-profile abduction of about 220 schoolgirls in Chibok in northeast Nigeria in 2014 by the militant group Boko Haram
Armyworm hits northern Cameroon, worsening food crisis
Across the Lake Chad region around 1.5 mln people are confronting a food crisis
FEATURE-Zimbabwe's parents barter goats, labour to pay school fees
"I have no money, and this goat I'm holding is the one I'm using to settle school fees for my child doing Grade Five,"
Thousands hit by malaria, dengue as S.Asia's worst floods in a decade recede
13,000 people are ill with diarrhoea and respiratory infections in densely populated Bangladesh after floods in its north
FEATURE-Cameroon cleanup lets flood-hit residents sleep with "both eyes closed"
In areas where trash pickup is challenging and accumulations of rubbish lead to flooding, a homegrown collection system is cutting risks
Hurricane Irma churns through Caribbean islands, possibly en route to Florida
"It's very scary ... most of the islands are dark so it's a very, very frightening" - Antigua's ABS news director Garfield Burford