Detroit doctor charged with female genital mutilation of 7-year-olds
The case is believed to be the first of its kind
Armyworms ravage crops in southern Ethiopia
Pest is a food security risk in a region already struggling with worsening drought
UK says killings in South Sudan conflict amount to genocide
"There are massacres taking place, people's throats are being slit ... villages are being burnt out, there's a scorched-earth policy"
Civil liberties groups sue U.S., seek details on travel ban
"Customs and Border Protection has a long, rich history of ignoring its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act"
War better than peace for Uganda's rebel children, study says
"In my family, they hate the three of us who were born in captivity"
INSIGHT-South Sudan war puts neighbour's tolerance of refugees to the test
Last week, more than 3,000 people arrived at the border in a single morning after an alleged massacre by South Sudan government troops
Risk of mass starvation rising rapidly in Africa, Yemen - U.N.
20 million in 4 countries at risk of starvation
South Sudan imposes curfew across Wau state after killings
UN said thousands of resident took shelter in a civilian encampment protected by its peacekeepers, and another run by the Catholic church
Militiamen raid South Sudan's Wau, at least 16 dead -witnesses, U.N.
"It is an ethnic crackdown and it is been backed by cattle herders and armed civilian men from the Dinka tribe ... I am now hiding"
Hungry Somalis weigh a daughter's freedom against her siblings' lives
In drought-hit Somalia, families face heart-wrenching choices to survive