INTERVIEW-Mothers and babies at risk amid critical midwives' shortage in South Sudan
"In midwifery, you realise saving two lives in one go is a very unique opportunity..."
The enemy within: as FARC rebels disarm, what peace for Colombia's women?
For tens of thousands of women across Colombia, a daily war continues at home, regardless of any peace deal
Gucci purses and watermelons: dreaming of a better future for Kenya's hungry north
Some 2.6 million people across Kenya are short of food due to consecutive failed rains
Kenya gives girls free sanitary pads to boost school attendance
Every schoolgirl is Kenya is entitled to "free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels" and a safe place to dispose of them
FEATURE-Solar energy powers clean water, business opportunities for refugees
Practical and affordable, solar energy is being deployed on a growing scale to provide essential services for refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East
FEATURE-Online cow shopping gathers pace among Kenyan farmers
As worsening drought hits, "Cowsoko" allows hard-hit cattle owners to buy and sell stock online
Traffickers buy up land, houses to smuggle women across India-Bangladesh border
"It's not easy when the international border divides a village in two in certain parts but we take up every complaint that comes on a priority basis"
Panic buttons and apps come to rescue of elderly Indians suffering abuse
Growing awareness of elderly abuse has led to a host of new apps and technologies for the elderly or people who witness the abuse to call for help
Millions of children in Boko Haram-hit Lake Chad prey to disease as rains arrive
"Unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene conditions can lead to cholera and hepatitis E"
Burger King pledges to end deforestation by 2030, scientists sceptical
Restaurant Brands International has been criticised for buying soy and beef from newly deforested land in Brazil and other South American countries