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A food market in northern Nigeria.

Nigeria: Hundreds abducted in the north as insurgent attacks rise

Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West African country, where attacks by insurgent groups are increasing. 
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Women in Gaza receive aid from international organizations including the UN.

Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter

Nazhat Shameem Khan, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC); briefs the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Libya.

World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed since Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

A young woman in Uzbekistan living with HIV since childhood takes medication.

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

A young mother in the DR Congo, who was raped, holds her 18-month-old baby.

Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns

Femicide is being described as a 'global epidemic.'

Why a woman is killed every 10 minutes; the rising wave of global femicide

People walk through a destroyed neighbourhood of Gaza City.

Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns

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