Michigan Senate votes to outlaw female genital mutilation
Legislation, spurred by case of two 7-year-old girls mutilated at a suburban Detroit clinic, would make FGM a state felony punishable by 15 years in prison.
More than half of world's deaths still have no recorded cause -WHO
"If countries don't know what makes people get sick and die, it's a lot harder to know what to do about it"
FACTBOX-Gay rights in Africa
Gay sex is illegal in 32 countries across Africa, while same-sex relationships are punishable by the death penalty in Mauritania and Sudan
Trump administration vastly expands global anti-abortion policy
Trump to expand policy blocking U.S. assistance to foreign groups that perform or provide information on family planning and abortion
Ugandan troops committed sexual abuse in Central African Republic, rights group says
Women and girls have accused soldiers of using food to manipulate them into abusive sexual acts
U.N. ramps up appeal for South Sudan refugees
"The suffering of the South Sudanese people is just unimaginable ... They are close to the abyss"
CORRECTED (OFFICIAL) - U.N. increases appeal for South Sudan refugees
"The suffering of the South Sudanese people is just unimaginable ... They are close to the abyss"
Fewer countries ban same-sex relations, but homophobic violence common - report
Gay marriage is now legal in 23 countries, and 43 states have banned hate crimes
South Sudan's opposition groups agree to work together against government
"We feel that if we have one objective that is to remove the government"
Early "clues" could avert conflict-driven famine - U.N.
"Don't wait for the television screens to be filled with emaciated dying children to mobilise money, resources, activity and prevention"