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Yemen risks new cholera outbreak as rainy season begins

Health – May 3, 2018

Boys lie on beds while being treated at a cholera treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen October 8, 2017. Picture taken October 8, 2017.

Auto repair shop jump-starts Ugandan child soldiers into new lives

Conflict – May 9, 2018

Youths sit in the Baka Youth Training Centre in Gulu, Uganda, March 29, 2018.

Growing up - why the UAE's first vertical farm could be a regional gamechanger

Agriculture – May 10, 2018

Badia Farm in Dubai where one can grow argula, basil, cress, kale, mint, and mustard, March 22, 2018.

Solar power could save water in thirsty Middle East, North Africa - researchers

Renewable energy – May 14, 2018

A thermosolar power plant is pictured at Noor II near the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco, November 4, 2016.

'We don't need men': Widows and rebel wives rebuild war-scarred Uganda

Women – May 15, 2018

Paska Akello sits in her house in Wilpii village, Paicho sub-county, Gulu district in Northern Uganda, March 26, 2018.

Education and roads key to withstanding food crises - U.N.

Food – May 15, 2018

Men carry bags of food aid at the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya, March 6, 2018. Picture taken March 6, 2018.

Global plan powers up to supply clean energy for refugees

Renewable energy – May 18, 2018

A man displays efficient cooking stoves in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp in an undated handout photo.

Educated Somali youth less likely to support violent groups - research

Conflict – May 18, 2018

via Mercy Corps

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay join forces to bolster resilience along border

Resilience integration – May 30, 2018

via Climate and Development Knowledge Network

Climate disasters will hit women hardest, says 'Handmaid's Tale' author

Women – Jun 1, 2018

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood speaks during an interview at a hotel in Havana, Cuba, February 8, 2017

Lack of hope in South Sudan camps drives youth into gang crime

Conflict – Jun 4, 2018

Puok Barar, 16, poses for a portrait at his school in a Protection of Civilians (PoC) camp on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, March 23, 2018.

Armed with poetry and rap, South Sudan's young artists battle for peace

Conflict – Jun 5, 2018

Ayak Chol Deng Alak, 32, a doctor and poet, poses for a portrait in front of a mural by the art group AnaTaban, whose name means "I am tired" in Arabic, in Juba, South Sudan, March 22, 2018.

South Sudan's Sosywood: Coming soon to a screen near you?

Arts – Jun 6, 2018

An actor and the film crew prepare before a rehearsal in the office of Junub Open Space, a grassroots group that promotes social change in Juba, South Sudan, March 21, 2018.

The elderly Kenyan women weaving their way to a more sustainable future

Women – Jun 7, 2018

Catherine Kareaikwa and Regina Kaari weaving some baskets in Mathiga Village, Kenya on April 28, 2018.

Ignoring conflict undercuts disaster protection efforts, researchers warn

Conflict – Jun 8, 2018

A Niger soldier guards with his weapon pointed towards the border with neighbouring Nigeria, near the town of Diffa, Niger, June 21, 2016. Picture taken June 21, 2016.

Venezuelans survive by smuggling over the waves to Trinidad

Migration – Jun 20, 2018

A fishing village where boats from Venezuela arrive pictured in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, May 24, 2018.

Conflict, climate change choke efforts to cure poverty, inequality - UN

Climate change – Jun 20, 2018

Boys receive free food distributed to the needy during the fasting month of Ramadan at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq May 29, 2018.

How language, tech open opportunities for refugees

Migration – Jun 21, 2018

One of the Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqis students is reflected in the computer screen as he attends a class to learn basic and advanced coding skills at Re:Coded boot camp, in Erbil, Iraq February 1, 2017.

Aid workers urge security, safe corridors as South Sudan signs peace deal

Humanitarian – Jun 28, 2018

South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L), Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir (C) and South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar hold hands after signing a peace agreement aimed to end a war in which tens of thousands of people have been killed, in Khartoum, Sudan June 27, 2018.

New York says first city to show how faring on goals to end social woes

SDGs – Jul 11, 2018

The skyline of lower Manhattan is seen from the Staten Island ferry in New York Harbor in New York City, U.S., June 27, 2018.