The Guardian (UK)
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 06:20
More than a quarter of a million people have fled in terror as opposition militias plot their return. Without international assistance a humanitarian disaster looms.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 06:13
Protests sparked by the arrest of Konso leader Kala Gezahegn underlined growing tensions between Ethiopia’s central government and many ethnic populations
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 06:43
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have expelled a prominent American researcher weeks after he published a report linking soldiers to the massacres of civilians, the government and the researcher’s organisation said on Saturday.
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 06:56
Grand-Bassam is the latest target as Islamic State, al-Qaida and their local affiliates battle to extend their sphere of influence
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:54
A killer machine-learning algorithm guiding the U.S. drone program has killed thousands of innocent people according to some reports. What’s the truth?
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 06:43
An appeals court ruling which denied an alleged war criminal from Somalia immunity from prosecution in a U.S. courtroom is only a partial success, a human rights group said on Monday. The decision by the fourth circuit court of appeals in Virginia has opened a path for an individual lawsuit for torture and attempted murder against Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali, who was head of the Somali army’s Fifth Brigade during the brutal Siad Barre dictatorship of the 1980s and who fled to Canada before settling in the U.S.
Monday, February 1, 2016 - 06:39
Scores of people, including children, have been killed in a Nigerian town by Boko Haram fighters who shot at villagers and set fire to their homes in the latest deadly attack by the Islamist militant group. The attack took place on Saturday in the village of Dalori, which lies about 12km (seven miles) from the northern city of Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in Nigeria’s north-east.
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 06:37
Aid agencies have warned that security issues are harming the health, education and nutrition of children in Mali, where the unchecked spread of Islamist extremist violence has left many schools and health centres beyond the reach of humanitarian programmes.
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
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 06:16
Even before this alleged defection to Isis, these training programs were controversial: while the special forces are Tajikistan’s most capable units, they are also a key element of President Emomali Rahmon’s repressive rule.