Plant trees in refugee camps to stop forest loss and conflict, U.N. says
Four out of five people who flee their homes rely on firewood for cooking and heating, which is a major cause of deforestation in surrounding areas
The time is now to prevent sexual violence in conflict
Sexual Violence as a weapon of war is not just used to brutalise populations but as part of deliberate and targeted campaigns to torture and ethnically cleanse
EXCLUSIVE-Stop exploiting Africa, share resources, Pope tells Europe
He showed Reuters graphic photographs that he said showed victims of human trafficking who had been tortured and killed in an unspecified location in Africa
Ebola outbreak in Congo "largely contained", says WHO
This outbreak is Congo's ninth, but the first where all contacts of known patients were vaccinated to try and stop the spread
U.S. quits U.N. human rights body, citing bias vs Israel, alarming critics
Washington's withdrawal is the latest U.S. rejection of multilateral engagement after it pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal
Wars, persecution drive record 68.5 mln from their homes - UN
Syrians are the largest displaced population with 12.6 million people forced from their homes
Shamed into silence: The forgotten children born of rape in war
It is absolutely critical that we do not harm and or re-traumatise children, but they have a right to tell their own stories
Leave no child behind
The African child is the African future, therefore, when we leave her behind, we leave our future behind
New Ebola outbreak is being tackled by a stronger WHO in the African region
The experiences of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone have revealed to us a new outbreak—an outbreak of confidence, that our continent has turned a corner and is, once again, ready to grow
Child sex for a dollar on Kenya's palm-fringed beaches
"It's easy to get men. I find them at the market, concerts, weddings and on the beach. Most girls in my village do it. I can get 100 ($1) to 500 shillings. Sometimes a tourist will give 1,000 ($10)."