Police arrest 9 men in major sex trafficking raids in Britain
Police arrested nine men in northern England suspected of trafficking and raping young women following raids on several homes.
'Human traffickers lure UK's homeless into modern slavery'
People sleeping rough are increasingly being targeted by traffickers around homeless shelters and support groups, and tricked into modern slavery, charities say.
Chibok girls inspire Marvel's new superhero
The Marvel universe will see more diversity as Ngozi, a superheroine who fights evil in Lagos, is introduced.
AIDS death toll across sub-Saharan Africa still 'unacceptable'
The tide may have turned in the global fight, but too many people in sub-Saharan Africa are developing and dying of AIDS-related diseases, MSF said.
On the run from Boko Haram, lost boy finds his mom again
Running his fingers over the wide scars on his knee and thigh, 13-year-old Usman recalled the moment he thought he would die.
From gene editing to death traps: the race to end malaria
Scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle are experimenting with everything from gene editing to death traps in the race to end malaria.
Egypt hospital shuts down after FGM death
The death of a teenage girl during FGM raises questions about Egypt's efforts to end the practice, anti-FGM campaigners said.
Ten facts about Boko Haram's 7-year insurgency
World leaders and aid chiefs have been discussing how to coordinate the fight against Boko Haram.
Children dying in Giwa barracks - Amnesty
Babies and children are reportedly among the more than 100 people to have died in detention this year in a military barracks in Nigeria.
Laws ‘fail victims of forced, early marriage’
Burkina Faso's marriage laws are failing girls who are forced into early marriage by their families, Amnesty International said.
People with HIV ‘neglected’ in West, Central Africa
A global drive to help curb the HIV epidemic by 2020 will fail unless millions with the virus in West and Central Africa receive life-saving drugs, MSF said.
Boko Haram ‘traps’ entrepreneurs with loans
Boko Haram has lured young entrepreneurs to join the Islamist militant group by providing or promising capital and loans to boost their businesses, an aid agency said.
Aid for thousands uprooted by Boko Haram
The UN World Food Programme recently delivered food to 5 000 people who had been forced to flee their homes by conflict at five sites north of Lake Chad.
Displaced Nigerians to leave camps
Thousands living in camps in north-east Nigeria are set to return home soon, but many fear for their safety, aid agency staff said.
Girls ‘forced into pregnancy tests’
Schoolgirls in Sierra Leone are forced to undergo humiliating and degrading public pregnancy tests, Amnesty International said.
‘Mappers’ track child slavery in Ghana
“Child slavery is an abomination to mankind, and I will do anything I can to expose the scum that practise it. ”
Hunger crisis hits northern Mali
Violence against aid groups and general insecurity have plunged the Timbuktu region in northern Mali into a hunger crisis, the UN.
This is the face of Ebola
A film aims to draw attention to prejudice towards Ebola survivors by guiding viewers through the life of a survivor. [VIDEO]
Gay Muslim drag queen aims to inspire
A gay Muslim hopes that a documentary about Muslim drag queens will encourage gay British Asians to come out of the closet.
Typhoid outbreak in Syria’s Yarmouk camp
Typhoid has broken out among residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, the United Nations said.
Fight to eradicate polio turns to Asia
The global fight to eradicate polio has set its sights on Afghanistan and Pakistan, says the World Health Organisation.
Transgenders win legal recognition
A law makes Ireland only the third European nation to allow transgender people over 18 to change their legal gender.
Sierra Leone urged to ban FGM
Sierra Leone's decision to back an international treaty on the rights of women in Africa could lead to a new law banning female genital mutilation.
Gaza war: scars remain for children
The majority of children living in areas of Gaza hardest-hit during the conflict are showing signs of severe emotional distress.
Group tackles Uganda rape epidemic
Tackling an “epidemic” of sexual violence in Uganda and seeking justice for the victims are at the heart of a Equality Now campaign.