The African Court: Too little, but not too late
The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights is under-funded, under-resourced and under-powered, but it is the continent’s best hope for a credible alternative to international justice for its brigands and bullies.
3D-printed prosthetics, plantpot houses, clever toilets compete for design of the year
Designs of the Year 2015 also features initiatives to tackle clean drinking water for children and plastic waste dumped in the sea
Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes
Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies striking at Houthis who have taken over much of Yemen, seek to oust Hadi
Saudi Arabia leads air strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels
Warplanes bomb the main airport and the nearby al Dulaimi military air base of the Houthi-held capital Sanaa
Saudi Arabia, allies launch air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters
Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Pakistan ready to join ground offensive - al-Arabiya
Ex-Congo child soldier apologizes at U.N. for 1990s killings
Armed groups, not government forces, pose biggest challenge for their brutality and violence toward children, UN says
Sanctions threat won't deter counter-attacks - S. Sudan president
Thousands of people have been killed and more than a million uprooted in more than a year of fighting
Drug-resistant TB threatens to kill 75 mln people by 2050, cost $16.7 trln
Experts warn that human and economic cost of TB strains resistant to drugs is accelerating fast
Nine-year-old girl in record release of South Sudan child soldiers
More than 12,000 children have been recruited by armed groups in South Sudan since civil war began in 2013