Ethnic clashes kill 18 Ethiopians, displace thousands
"Most of the families are in the open cold with their children for lack of shelter" - Kenya Red Cross Society
Bamboo farming takes pressure off Kenya's forests
The fast-growing "grass" shows potential to replace timber products ? and is providing jobs to families removed from Kenya's protected forests
Wangu's story: from rape victim to campaigner
Violence against women in Kenya is widespread - and trivialised
Islamabad's taps dry up as water shortages worsen
Population growth, higher temperatures and lack of rainfall are driving up demand for water, even as the city's reservoir supply collapses
Risk of cholera spreading in Mali high, ICRC warns
Outbreak contained, but aid agency fears disease could resurface in villages along Niger river
Disfigured victim's plea to die exposes India's acid violence
"For the last nine years, I am suffering ... living without hope, without future. If I don't have justice or my health, my only way out is to die," acid victim Sonali Mukherjee says
High youth HIV infection rate makes AIDS-free generation a distant dream
Infections among young women are twice the rate of those of men of similar age
Mali's humanitarian crisis getting worse, south neglected-UN
The south has the greatest needs but the world is focusing on conflict in the north
TrustLaw Women in brief 26 July, 2012: a weekly news digest on women's rights
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