We must end Cape Town's housing "apartheid" - think-tank
Experts fear rapid gentrification in parts of the city will further entrench the racial and economic divides that still characterise Cape Town
Rescued Bangladeshi sex slave tweets India's Modi over banned rupees
After being rescued from a brothel, she learned that her stash of 500- and 1,000-rupee banknotes were worthless because Prime Minister Modi had banned them
Over half of Rohingya girls who fled violence became child brides - UN survey
One in every three women and girls also said they were victims of domestic violence
Ignoring environment, culture could keep people in poverty - researchers
A narrow focus on boosting farm production can result in land degradation, deforestation and pollution
U.S. gay man sues funeral home for not cremating husband's body
Mississippi has been a hotbed of activity over equality, privacy and religious freedom after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 U.S. states
Ethiopia's deadly rubbish dump landslide sparks landrights battle
Six weeks after a landslide at Addis Ababa's giant landfill site killed more than 100, survivors say they are angry at being abandoned by government
Victims of Chad's former ruler inspire Gambians seeking Jammeh justice
"The victims are impatient, particularly as they have had to keep things bottled up for so long"
Kenya seeks to cure plastic bag addiction with blanket ban
Can Kenya's fourth attempt to get rid of plastic bags, spurred by a social media campaign, finally start to reduce pollution?
FACTBOX-Ten facts on Central America's most populous country - Guatemala
Nearly half of children under age 5 are malnourished. Less than 40 percent of sexually active teens use contraception.