FEATURE-Rise in Nigerian sex slavery in Italy fuelled by violence and "juju" magic
12,000 Nigerian women reached Italy by sea the past two years, six times more than the previous two years - most are victims of trafficking
Occupying schools, gunmen deny education to thousands of children in Central African Republic - U.N.
One in five primary schools, around 400, are closed and a third of children are not in class, according to UNICEF
Don't blame cocaine for South American forest loss, study says
Farmers pushing into new areas of the Amazon where legal systems and environmental monitoring are often weak have been a primary driver of deforestation
Women's voices heard clear and loud in Colombia peace deal
"The peace deal makes it clear that sexual violence is not up for amnesty"
Hunger 'deadlier than violence' in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria
"Civilians are not receiving aid, and find themselves trapped between Boko Haram and the military's operations"
Food aid reaches besieged Iraqi town for first time in two years - U.N. agency
The recapture of Shirqat is a stepping stone in the Iraqi military's move on Islamic State's stronghold of Mosul city
INSIGHT-Inside Brazil's battle to save the Amazon with satellites and strike forces
Brazil is losing the equivalent of two football fields of rainforest every minute as illegal loggers and ranchers exploit the Amazon's unspoiled reaches
FACTBOX-The numbers behind Brazil's fight on Amazon deforestation
About 90 percent of deforestation is caused by illegal logging, according to Brazil's environment enforcement agency
INSIGHT-Inside Brazil's battle to save the Amazon with satellites and strike forces
Brazil is losing the equivalent of two football fields of rainforest every minute as illegal loggers and ranchers exploit the Amazon's unspoiled reaches
Volkswagen suspends ties with some Indian suppliers after expose of child deaths in mica mines
Action follows a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation that found child workers were dying in illegal, unregulated mines