Renewables offer cheaper, more reliable power for Philippines' small islands - report
Islands such as Sumba in Indonesia have already cut energy costs 35 percent by adopting wind, solar and hydropower
Is Pakistan's solar power poised to take off amid energy crisis?
High quality solar maps - essential to securing financing for major solar projects - show Pakistan is one of the world's best countries for producing solar energy
FEATURE-All at sea: foreign fishing fleets drain West African waters
Trawlers of Asian, European and Western African origin often carry out illegal incursions into waters reserved for locals, or flaunt fishing regulations
FACTBOX-Ten facts about Boko Haram and Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls
At least 2,000 girls and boys have been kidnapped by Boko Haram since 2014, to be used as cooks, sex slaves, fighters and suicide bombers, according to Amnesty International.
Ivanka Trump a women's role model with new book? no, say critics
"Most women leaders who write books about these issues try to back up their arguments with facts"
Brazil sacks head of indigenous agency amid land conflicts
Last year, 61 land rights campaigners were killed in Brazil, the highest level of violence since 2003
Mexico City hotels aim to be eyes and ears against slavery
Hotel rooms can be used to film pornography, where women and children are sexually exploited, or a base for traffickers and their victims
Saudi step to relax male guardianship welcomed by women's advocates
Women could study and access hospital treatment, work in the public and private sector and represent themselves in court without consent of a male guardian
Drop in lone migrant children asylum claims in EU, but many slip through the cracks
Many of the children move without applying for asylum and are not included in official data, making them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse from smugglers
Attacks on aid staff in Central African Republic halts work of five agencies
In the conflict-torn country's Ouham region, aid workers have been attacked on 16 occasions since March