Marking World Toilet Day, the United Nations said the spread of deadly viruses such as Ebola is linked to defecation in the open.
Slaughtered for tusks and meat, endangered wildlife numbers have taken a huge knock since soldiers and rebels began fighting in December.
The relatives of Farzana Iqbal who bludgeoned her to death in May outside a Pakistani court, causing a public outcry, have been sentenced to death.
Mounting allegations of rape and sexual assault against entertainer Bill Cosby has resulted in a Netflix special series on his life being postponed.
Amnesty International is accusing the Gambia of beating and torturing homosexuals in jail to give up names of others and admit to their "crime".
Chief whips agreed to postpone a debate late on Tuesday evening about President Jacob Zuma’s lack of attendance at National Assembly sittings.
JZ keeps sending in the clowns to do the fighting for him but, with or without him, Parliament is a good reflection of our democracy.
The international event shone the spotlight on the extraordinary impact the country’s musicians – past and present – have had on the genre.
The police want to know why a mystery donor or foreign human rights group would fund the large legal costs of a man who had chosen a life of crime.
While Israel expressed shock at the attack, Hamas has praised it, calling for more following the suspicious death of a Palestinian bus driver.