Entrepreneur turns plastic waste into a way to save trees in Kenya
"To fight climate change it has to be business unusual,” says the head of the Kenya Climate Innovation Center
INTERVIEW-Colombia child soldiers reluctant to leave FARC 'family' - rebel commander
"There's a lot of resistance on the part of the other minors under 18 with regards to leaving before we all reincorporate (into civilian life)"
Enslaved teen boys dial for help from Indian shoe factory
"The boys were working from nine in the morning to nine at night. They were made to sleep in the workplace only"
More than one million children starve as Yemen war rages - U.N. agencies
Overall, almost half of all children in Yemen are stunted, according to WFP
Indigenous youth and the climate chaos resistance in Peru
Despite odds, indigenous youth in Peru are taking action, and implementing powerful local solutions to the climate chaos around them
World Bank appoints first adviser to tackle LGBTI discrimination
New position is part of trend in humanitarian sector to prevent LGBTI discrimination in development projects around the world
Advocates laud U.S. decision to ban LGBT discrimination in foreign aid
The move affects more than $20 billion in aid programs in over 100 countries
In post-Ebola Sierra Leone, more than half the population face food shortages - U.N.
Number of people "severely" affected by lack of food has increased by 60 percent since 2010
Yazidi women win EU Parliament's Sakharov Prize
UN investigators said that IS is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious community of 400,000 people
Britain sets up funds to tackle the "barbaric evil" of modern slavery
An 11 mln pound fund aims to support new projects in countries from which victims are known to be trafficked to Britain