4.5 billion people globally live without safe toilets while 892 million people still practice open defecation. The United Nations aims to ensure that everyone has a safe toilet and that no-one practices open defecation by 2030.

Shareholders raise concern over unclaimed dividends at world investors investors week.

Borno marks world humanitarian day with town hall meeting.

First Lady Melania Trump recognises 12 women from around the world for the International Women of Courage Award.

The world's most expensive footballer, Paul Pogba, turned 24 years old today.

Defying an escalating anti-alcohol movement and conservative bureaucrats in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia’s only craft brewer is tapping into demand for better quality booze among the country's small number of drinkers.

Esther Mahlangu was one of the first to start painting traditional Ndebele designs in bright acrylics on canvas. Now 81, the South African artist has no intention of slowing down, helping to preserve and promote her culture around the world.

World leaders applaud Olusegun Obasanjo's legacy.

The international humanitarian organisation Lutheran World Federation says Uganda's refugee crisis is the largest refugee crisis in Africa and the third largest in the world.

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump promises to remain true to herself, "no matter what the opposition is saying" and says she is committed to improving the lives of "women and children" around the world.

All sorts of designers are taking part in New York Fashion Week which started on 9th February, but at least two who are hoping to break into fashion come from a very different world - corporate banking.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, accused of running one of the world's biggest drug empires, saw his wife in Friday Friday after being denied marital visits behind bars.