As a drought and food crisis cripples Somalia, thousands of hungry people crowd long lines every day in Mogadishu, hoping to receive hot donated food. Hawo Ali was just another face in the crowd, until she went into labor, and gave birth while waiting in line.

In just four days, a creative cast of characters got together in the city of Medellin where they set out to produce videos and place them on a map of the city to reflect topics that affect their communities.

The allegations of ethnic cleansing in Abyei and Southern Kordofan suggests a no fly zone, similar to the one that has been implemented in Libya, is needed to protect civilians.

Opposition leaders being sentence to jail has been heavily criticized by human rights organisations.

Here are stories that give a different perspective of Afghanistan than the mainstream headlines.