Mass rape, cannibalism, dismemberment: UN team finds atrocities in Congo war
The UN found that boys were being forced to rape their mothers, little girls told witchcraft would allow them to catch bullets, and women forced to choose gang-rape or death
Congo completes surveillance of Ebola contacts, no new cases
The outbreak is believed to have killed 29 people since April
Near-record tree cover losses in 2017 strip area as big as Italy
Norway's environment minister says pace of forest losses is "catastrophic" and threatens efforts to slow global warming
Fires to clear land lead to near-record loss of tree cover in 2017, study shows
Tropical forests were lost at a rate equivalent to 40 football fields per minute in 2017, says World Resources Institute
US judge bars separation of immigrants from children, orders families reunited
More than 2,300 migrant children have been separated from their parents since early May
EXCLUSIVE - U.S. among 10 most dangerous countries for women amid #MeToo campaign - poll
#MeToo campaign has triggered a flood of complaints about sexual harassment and assault
The dangers of being a woman in India
The root cause lies in the patriarchal mindsets which see women as inferior, as people you can exploit and use for domestic, sexual or financial gain.
EXCLUSIVE FACTBOX - Which are the world's 10 most dangerous countries for women?
India named as the world's most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts
EXCLUSIVE - India most dangerous country for women with sexual violence rife - global poll
War-torn Afghanistan and Syria ranked second and third in the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women's issues
EXCLUSIVE - From managers to maids: India's working women all face sexual abuse
At least 20 million women have left the workforce of Asia's third-largest economy since 2005 partly due to their poor treatment