Michigan couple charged with arranging genital mutilation for 7-year-olds
Some of the girls allegedly traveled to the clinic, which is midway between Detroit and Ann Arbor, from out of state
EXPERT VIEWS-Progress in fighting tropical diseases but funding and conflicts pose challenges
NTDs include diseases such as guinea worm, dengue, onchocerciasis (river blindness), trachoma and sleeping sickness
INTERVIEW-Kenya to amend law to protect human trafficking victims
More than 20,000 people are trafficked through Kenya each year from neighbouring countries including Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan
U.N. agency pulls staff from parts of South Sudan due safety fears
Violence against aid workers is increasingly common in oil-rich South Sudan, which is suffering the world's first famine for six years
U.S. says to continue training regional troops against Lord's Resistance Army
The Lord's Resistance Army were notorious for their brutality and for kidnapping children for use as fighters and sex slaves
U.N. says 82 aid workers killed in South Sudan's three-year war
Much of the violence in the country has been motivated by ethnic differences as government troops
Uganda begins winding down operation against Lord's Resistance Army
UGANDA-SECURITY/:Uganda begins winding down operation against Lord's Resistance Army
INTERVIEW-African women pay for Trump's anti-abortion move - activist
Trump's "global gag" rule withholds U.S. funding for international organisations that perform abortions or tell women about legal options for abortion.
South Sudan refugees release U.N. Congo mission staff
The unarmed refugees are demanding to be moved to a third country
Sri Lanka rubbish dump landslide death toll rises to 19
"We heard a massive sound. It was like thunder"