In brief

Nigerian novelist debuts with story of devastating family tragedy

How Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts were rescued from Islamist destruction adds to the myths shrouding the desert city

Femicides are frequent in Mexico, but civil-society organisations fight against this

Ghanaian feminists are using social media to change public discourse

Identity is a controversially debated topic, as can be seen in a recently published book in Germany

Filmmaker Talal Derki ruthlessly shows how children in war-torn Syria are brought up to become jihadists

Documentary calls attention to the massive loss of edible plants

In rural Malawi, non-governmental activists teach teenage girls to make sanitary pads

The World Health Organization considers homosexuality as normal behaviour

OECD is working on a new way to measure SDG finance