As Senegal's coast crumbles, residents ponder move to safer ground
Senegal's coastline is receding at a rate of 1 to 2 metres per year, driven by rising sea levels, rapid urbanisation and illegal sand mining
Pangas in hand, Kenya's indigenous fire scouts take on forest losses
Given the right incentives, neighbours of threatened forests decide working hard to protect the land is to their own advantage
INTERVIEW – U.S. must not abandon Paris climate deal, U.N. official says
"This is one of the top five emitters in the world, and it does matter what they do with the way in which they grow and their contribution to emissions in the world"
Actors join campaign to protect world's uncontacted tribes
"I'm helping to defend uncontacted tribes' rights for their future, for nature and for all humanity"
Indian woman 'forced to marry Pakistani at gunpoint' returns home
"I went to Pakistan just for a visit. But the situation changed so quickly that I didn't even realise when (he) gave me sleeping pills. It was a kidnapping"
Belgium's ban of forced sterilisation for gender change "not enough," say campaigners
Previously, transgender people in Belgium had to undergo sterilisation and a mental health diagnosis in order for their preferred gender to be recognised legally
Congo's Ebola outbreak threatens CAR after violence forces thousands across border
"We are worried as the refugees are close to the epicentre of the outbreak"
As surgeries triple, Kenya aims to end shame of fistula
Women with fistula are subject to severe social stigma due to odour, which is constant and humiliating, and in many cases drives their family and friends away
FACTBOX - The times they are a-changin? Asia slowly embraces gay rights
Despite lagging behind the West, some countries in Asia have been making small steps in recent years to embrace gay rights
Taiwan same-sex marriage ruling brightens outlook for gay rights in China
Move shows Chinese culture can accept same-sex unions but opposition could delay similar measures in China for years