FEATURE-Poor Mozambique families take girls' virginity, force them into sex work
Disasters in recent years, such as drought and floods, have driven poor Mozambican families deeper into destitution, and more women into prostitution
India reports 25 percent rise in human trafficking cases in 2015
Data shows 43 percent of the 9,127 victims were below the age of 18
U.S. and China to lead push on climate change at G20 summit
Action on ratifying the Paris climate change deal and on cutting fossil fuel subsidies likely, experts say
U.N. worried La Nina will worsen "dire" drought in Somalia
Somalia's 2011 famine, in which 260,000 people died, was partly the result of a significant La Nina following El Nino
Give indigenous people land rights or fail on deforestation pledges, governors told
Tropical deforestation accounts for about 15 percent of global climate changing carbon pollution
EXCLUSIVE-Abuse and corruption exposed in Myanmar's prison labour camps
"You will bribe to get a better task, you will sacrifice your body, or you will toil as an animal. You had no other options - we were all slaves."
Nigeria targets officials accused of stealing food from Boko Haram victims
Hundreds of people displaced by Boko Haram last week left their camps to stage a protest in Maiduguri, Borno's capital, to demand more aid, accusing officials of stealing food rations
Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people, over a third of them children
Most people killed by cluster bombs died in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine
FACTBOX-The deadly legacy of cluster bombs
More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most of them in conflict-hit Syria, Yemen and Ukraine
Liberia tops UNICEF ranking of 10 worst countries for access to primary school
African countries hit by conflict featured prominently in UNICEF's first global out-of-school ranking