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Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 06:55
Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a new five-year term in a massive stadium inauguration that was boycotted by his election rival.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:27
The Congress of the United States writes to express our deep concern with the deterioration of human rights conditions in the Republic of South Sudan.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:34
I am pleased to be here today for the ninth working group session of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission. This forum reflects the strong partnership of our two nations, a partnership that is one of our most important in Africa and for good reason. Your nation is a leader for regional stability and a key driver of economic growth on the continent and beyond. Nigeria is poised to become Africa’s largest economy. Nigeria’s prosperity and stability reverberate in the region and across Africa.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:36
I join President Obama and all Americans in congratulating Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on his election as President of the Republic of Mali.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:42
Liberia's police often act as "predators" who rob people of money and goods rather than protecting them, says campaign group Human Rights Watch.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:45
Mali’s greatest enemy now that it has elected a new president may not be the one that drew the alarmed attention of the West — Muslim extremists and their allies in the north — but an older one that officials, experts and activists say laid the groundwork for the country’s recent implosion.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:47
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stepped up patrols and is sending in helicopters to protect civilians in the eastern part of the country following continued clashes between armed groups.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:53
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has today opened a four-day training workshop on improving understanding and compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights (HR) for thirty-two officers of the Somali National Army (SNA) in Kampala, Uganda.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:55
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday began a three-day training course on human rights for 32 officers from the Somali National Army (SNA) in the Ugandan capital Kampala.
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 07:58
South Africa’s police force is increasingly violent against the people it is supposed to protect, researchers have found.