Aid worker abducted at gunpoint in South Sudan - UN agency
The South Sudanese man was snatched at gunpoint while waiting in line to board a flight
Female students beaten, abused by Sudan security-rights group
Activists demand investigation, say 15 students are still in prison, about 20 unaccounted for
FACTBOX: How does someone end up stateless in Europe?
Snapshots of seven people who are living in limbo with nowhere to call home
Burundi, Eritrea, East Timor top global hunger index
Estimated 2 billion people in the world suffer "hidden hunger", says Global Hunger Index report
Islamic State suicide bombers kill 28 Kurds; police chief assassinated
Attacks came a day after militants killed at least 45 people in bombings in west Baghdad and its rural outskirts
Africa can end "child abuse" of FGM by 2035 - activists
Campaigners launch a pan-African campaign to end FGM, calling the ancient ritual a form of child abuse
Aid groups cheer food price fall to 4-year low, "hunger hotspots" remain
Record harvests push prices down, but several hotspots of hunger remain in west and east Africa