Kenya seeks tech alternatives to break taboo over sex education in schools
Teenagers across Africa urgently need more information about sex to combat soaring rates of HIV and unwanted pregnancies
Mauritania arrests nine anti-slavery activists
Slavery is believed to affect between 4 and 20 percent of the population in Mauritania
Iraq PM Abadi orders police to stop using fake bomb detectors
MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-BLAST-DETECTORS:Iraq PM Abadi orders police to stop using fake bomb detectors
Trudeau says Canada exploring gender-neutral identity cards
Countries including Australia, New Zealand and Nepal already allow the use of the X gender indicator
Nearly 120 killed in overnight Baghdad bombings claimed by IS
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack which targeted a busy shopping area as people celebrated Ramadan
Iraq's Shi'ite militiamen stir unease in Sunni Falluja
MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-FALLUJA (PIX, TV):Iraq's Shi'ite militiamen stir unease in Sunni Falluja
Two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution slipping away - U.N. official
Israeli policy "is steadily eroding the viability of the two-state solution" said Quartet report
At least 8 dead after Russian plane on fire-fighting mission crashes in Siberia
RUSSIA-CRASH/ (UPDATE 1, TV):UPDATE 1-At least 8 dead after Russian plane on fire-fighting mission crashes in Siberia
Syria's Assad keeps key portfolios in new cabinet line-up
Assad's cabinet lineup keeps the key defence, foreign affairs and interior portfolios unchanged
One in five aboriginal children in Western Australia has no birth record
Without a birth certificate, people can face problems finding employment, accessing justice or getting a passport