Can a video game save a life? African refugee puts players in his race for survival
'A lot of people don't understand the journey of a refugee. It was a journey of life and death.'
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
The invasion is worsening food shortages in a region where up to 25 million people are suffering from three consecutive years of droughts and floods
Smart drones to be tested in battle against E. Africa locust swarms
The impact on the region's food supply could be enormous - a locust swarm of a square kilometre is able to eat the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people
OPINION: In a world awash with data, aid workers contend with gaps
With nearly 168 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020 -- the highest figure in decades -- there is no time, or data, to lose
More than 20 dead, many displaced after violence in Sudan's West Darfur
Up to 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced, since conflict broke out in Darfur in 2003, according to U.N. estimates
From nuns to astronauts: 10 women cracking the glass ceiling in 2019
As the year draws to a close, we take a look at which women managed firsts in their field
Major companies pledge jobs, education for refugees
The pledges come at the end of a decade in which the number of refugees worldwide has doubled to more than 25 million people
OPINION: How women hold the power to end malnutrition in the Sahel
Under-nutrition prevails because those with the most power to change it have been overlooked
Uganda's refugee farmers sow seeds of change
In Uganda, a developing country where land is still relatively plentiful, refugees are encouraged to build their own houses and use their gardens to grow food to supplement their rations
Refugee girls in Chad embrace school as path to university opens up
Only one in four Chadian boys and half as many girls attend secondary school, with poverty, lack of access and child marriage contributing to the low rates