Energy-short South Sudan powers up - but with fossil fuels
The capital Juba has a new power plant run on diesel fuel - but backers argue it's cleaner than running the city on diesel generators
With water a weapon of Middle East war, women seen as worst hit
The 'weaponisation' of water in the Middle East has led to historical and modern day tensions, with women most impacted, says playwright Sabrina Mahfouz
'There are problems': Doubts in Darfur as new PM promises peace
'When some ... went (back) farming they got attacked at night in their houses and killed'
Sudan discussing cash transfers to poor as part of food subsidies plan -prime minister
Shortages of bread, fuel and medicine coupled with hefty price rises brought people out in protest and led to the toppling of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April
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