Police find 12 migrants alive in refrigerated truck in Belgium
Migrants sometimes choose refrigerated trucks to cross borders because their construction makes it more difficult for dogs and heat scanners at checkpoints to detect stowaways
Norway at top, Yemen at bottom of rankings for women's quality of life
While life for women has improved in some 60 countries, it has deteriorated in Yemen and other war-torn nations
Sudan rebel leader says government agreed to open access for aid
We are expecting that the humanitarian situation is going to improve in Darfur, Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile,' says deputy head of a coalition of rebel groups
African refugee women report surge of sex attacks in Egypt
African migrants often have no recourse to the police or family to protect them
Global index finds climate change driving 'alarming' hunger levels
Aid agency Concern Worldwide said progress towards a 2030 zero hunger target was "under threat or is being reversed"
Ethiopia's Abiy wins Nobel Peace Prize for resolving conflict with Eritrea
Africa's youngest leader has in under two years in power begun political and economic reforms that promise a better life for many in impoverished Ethiopia
Asylum seeker's daughter faces deportation from Britain despite FGM risk
A British family court had ruled that the girl could be subjected to FGM if taken abroad after social services applied for a protection order to stop her being deported
Scientists release sterile mosquitoes in Burkina to fight malaria
BURKINA-MALARIA/ (TV):Scientists release sterile mosquitoes in Burkina to fight malaria
United Nations sees increase in child soldiers recruited in S. Sudan
Girls are also being forcibly recruited to provide sexual and labour services to fighters, investigators say
WIDER IMAGE-When raiders menace in northern Kenya, grab your guns
As in many regions across Africa, farmers and nomads frequently clash over limited resources, be it land, cattle or water