White House plans directive targeting 'conflict minerals' rule -sources
Leaked draft calls for rule to be temporarily suspended for two years
UK lost 3.2 mln pounds to aid fraud amid heightened scrutiny - watchdog
Most serious cases of fraud were in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Malawi divided over impact of Madonna's adoption
"(Madonna's act) definitely would facilitate trafficking of children through (encouraging more) adoption"
Cameroon's pygmies ensnared in charity giants' rainforest feud
Survival International, a group campaigning for the rights of tribal people, has accused the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) of funding groups killing the Baka with impunity
Armed with smartphones, Cameroon forest defenders take on illegal loggers
Involving local communities in reporting forest crime can be an effective way to curb it, experts say
Congo rebel revival endangers elections - ambassador to U.N.
M23 was eastern Congo's most powerful rebel group until its defeat by Congolese and UN forces in 2013
INTERVIEW-Uganda rules out military intervention in South Sudan
Uganda sent in troops when hostilities first broke out in 2013, move that Kampala says prevented ethnic slaughter on similar scale to 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Tanzania's ban on refugee groups threatens efforts to protect them -UN
Tanzania hosts 280,000 refugees and asylum seekers, mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi
African leaders hailed for progress in fight against malaria
"We're turning the tide on malaria in Africa"
FACTBOX - Five facts about refugee resettlement in the US
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Myanmar, Iraq and Somalia were the top countries of origin for refugees entering the US in 2016