FACTBOX-Heat is on to bring cooling to 1 billion people without it
As global temperatures continue to creep upward as a result of climate change, a little over 1 billion people face threats because they lack cooling methods
Water crisis builds in Egypt as dam talks falter, temperatures rise
Talk of physical conflict between the countries along the Nile has receded, but Egypt sees the dam as an existential threat that could decimate farming and damage power supplies
Heavy rains, flooding displace hundred of thousands in East Africa
Researchers warn warming oceans are causing unpredictable weather patterns in the region
With water a weapon of Middle East war, women seen as worst hit
The 'weaponisation' of water in the Middle East has led to historical and modern day tensions, with women most impacted, says playwright Sabrina Mahfouz
'There are problems': Doubts in Darfur as new PM promises peace
'When some ... went (back) farming they got attacked at night in their houses and killed'
Sudan discussing cash transfers to poor as part of food subsidies plan -prime minister
Shortages of bread, fuel and medicine coupled with hefty price rises brought people out in protest and led to the toppling of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April
Hollow building becomes centre of Iraq's uprising
The abandoned high-rise block in central Baghdad has become a centre for protests against Iraq's ruling elites
Police find 12 migrants alive in refrigerated truck in Belgium
Migrants sometimes choose refrigerated trucks to cross borders because their construction makes it more difficult for dogs and heat scanners at checkpoints to detect stowaways
'A better life somewhere else': Europe-bound African migrants wait in Rwanda
A group of female migrants were said to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
Norway at top, Yemen at bottom of rankings for women's quality of life
While life for women has improved in some 60 countries, it has deteriorated in Yemen and other war-torn nations