Thousands of people remain homeless weeks after the Sierra Leone mudslide disaster.
Thousands of people remain homeless weeks after the Sierra Leone mudslide disaster.
Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf battled unsuccessfully to ban female genital mutilation during her 12-years as Africa's first female president, and now as she prepares to step down ahead of Tuesday's general election, it's feared hopes of outlawing the practice will fade too.
The van, containing supplies of methadone, is part of Portugal's answer to a heroin epidemic going back 20 years.
Valgerour Halla came into the world under unusual circumstances. The four-month-old was born in Reykjavik to Syrian asylum seekers who were so thankful they gave her an Icelandic name.
In an interview, the family described an arduous flight from war in Syria, the long journey across Europe and how they chose a cold fishing island deep in the Arctic circle to start anew.