David Smith
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:25
US denies peshmerga claims after Obama last year announced redeployment of 300 military advisers to Iraq, saying US combat troops would ‘not be fighting.’
Friday, November 13, 2015 - 06:16
There must be “proper investigations” to ensure that Saudi Arabia has not breached international humanitarian law in the war in Yemen, according to Britain’s foreign secretary, who said that shipments of UK-supplied weapons would be halted if the Saudis fell foul of those probes.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:51
Lie on your back and stare directly into the sun – if you shut your eyes or look away, we will stamp on your toes. This is one of the perversely innovative forms of torture allegedly being practiced by Burundi’s secret service in the defense of a besieged regime.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 - 06:58
Call for top officers to face war crimes inquiry as report based on hundreds of interviews and leaked files alleges widespread abuses in campaign against Boko Haram
Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 05:48
Up to 10,000 boys and girls are now fighting in sectarian conflict, according to Save the Children
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 05:42
Government soldiers in Sudan are using sexual violence, including the gang-rape of teenage girls, as a weapon of war against southern rebels, a watchdog has claimed.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:08
The regime has many critics but a fragmented opposition and harsh crackdowns by the state have left a revolution in need of a leader
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 07:48
UN says rebels slaughtered hundreds of people when they seized capital of Unity state, urged on by hate speech on radio
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 07:52
UN says rebels slaughtered hundreds of people when they seized capital of Unity state, urged on by hate speech on radio
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:14
More than 1,300 people have died in the past two months as an insurgent Islamist group, Boko Haram, wages a rebellion rooted in poverty, corruption, religion and geography