EU agrees law to curb flow of conflict minerals
Human rights campaigners said the agreement was a half-hearted first step
Landslide kills 13 as diggers invade Freeport mine in Congo -governor
Deadly accidents are common in Congo's mostly unregulated artisanal mining sector
Drought-hit women struggle as "compassion" runs dry at climate talks
Too little support through worst drought in decades means women and girls are selling sex for food to survive, CARE says
Mauritania court frees 10 anti-slavery activists -Amnesty
Court overturns convictions of three anti-slavery activists for their alleged role in a riot in June in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott
FACTBOX-Urine trouble: Finding a toilet in cities around the world is no easy task
Eight Olympic-sized swimming pools could be filled daily with excrement produced by India's 41 million city residents who must defecate in the open
Peatlands protection seen key to preventing climate change "tipping point"
Peatlands contain huge amounts of carbon, posing dangers to the atmosphere if they are destroyed to make way for crops like palm oil
As oil palm expands, African nations agree to protect forests
Aim is to avoid replicating the tropical forest losses across Southeast Asia as a result of palm oil expansion
Burundi exodus driving major African refugee crisis - charity
Some 10,000 Burundians have arrived in neighbouring Tanzania each month since August
'I was forced to kill my best friend', former DRC child soldier says
Abducted at age 5 by rebel soldiers, Michel Chikwanine was blindfolded, handed an AK-47 gun so heavy he could barely lift it and ordered to shoot