Almost 70,000 South Sudanese flee homes despite early May truce - UNHCR
Conflict in South Sudan has put 4 million people at risk of acute food insecurity
Nepal probes if Chinese woman used helicopter on climb Everest
NEPAL-CHINA/EVEREST:Nepal probes if Chinese woman used helicopter on climb Everest
Five dead as Sierra Leone records first Ebola outbreak
Ebola has killed more than 100 people in neighbouring Guinea and Liberia since March in the first deadly appearance of the disease in West Africa
Ethiopian Women Make Most of Zero-Interest Loans
Ethiopia has a strong economy for sub-Saharan Africa but women disproportionately bear the burden of the country's hardships. Through a micro-lending support group, our organization, Concern Worldwide, has found a way to help.
Cameroon readies new law to strengthen forest governance
New forest code will better protect rainforests and the rights of indigenous people who rely on them, officials say
File of an UPDF medic taking care of a malnourished child with malaria in a hospital in Bor
An UPDF medic takes care of a malnourished child with malaria in a hospital in Bor, in this March 15, 2014 file photo. Scientists seeking a vaccine against malaria - which kills a child every minute in Africa - have developed a promising new approach intended to imprison the disease-causing parasites inside the red blood cells they infect. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu/Files (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)