Honduran police turn a blind eye to soaring number of ‘femicides’

Women are being murdered at the rate of one a day, yet a report by Oxfam accuses the police of 'systematic indifference'

Peru declares state of emergency amid plunging temperatures

Hundreds die from extreme cold in remote mountain villages also struggling with severe poverty

Child refugees risk all to reach South Africa

Growing numbers of youngsters are putting their lives in danger to cross the South African border, drawn by the dream of sporting riches

Lesbian women in South Africa face a rising tide of violence and “corrective rape”