United Nations moves to help combat sexual abuse in its ranks
UN names an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years
UN says fighting, instability have displaced 100,000 in Burkina Faso
The government and humanitarian groups have begun a $100 million aid plan to help 900,000 people
Rape still endemic in South Sudan's Unity state despite peace -UN
U.N. mission in South Sudan recorded 175 cases, mainly rapes lasting hours by multiple uniformed and armed men, just between September and December 2018
Knock-on effects of war kill 300 babies every day - charity
A fifth of all children worldwide lived in a conflict zone in 2017, 30 million more than the year before and the highest number since 1990
Amid upheaval in South Sudan, the country's teak forests fall
Rapid felling of South Sudan's teak forests, largely by foreign-owned firms, has drawn protests - and brings environmental risks
Global count finds cases of child soldiers more than doubling
Children are recruited to be fighters, informants, looters, messengers, spies and as domestic and sexual slaves
Africa welcomes refugees but freedom, jobs needed - aid groups
Over a third of the world's forcibly displaced people are found in Africa
Rise in sexual abuse cases in aid groups as more victims speak up
Aid industry has come under scrutiny after revelations that Oxfam staff used prostitutes in Haiti during 2010 relief mission snowballed into widespread reports of harassment and abuse