Human Rights
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 11:38
The UN refugee agency on Friday said it was "increasingly worried" about the safety of civilians in Central African Republic (CAR) after UNHCR staff reported widespread lawlessness during a field trip to the north.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 08:49
The recent crises in Mali have sparked discussions that are, unfortunately, often riddled with misinformation and misrepresentation of the country’s history and current predicament. A recent example is The New Yorker’s “Letter From Timbuktu.” As a scholar of Mali who has lived and worked there, I read it with disappointment.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 08:45
The background of the Syrian conflict can seem obscure to outsiders, but the spark that started it all is often traced back to the city of Dara'a, in February of 2011.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 08:02
If outside military intervention has managed to extinguish the jihadist brush-fires in Northern Mali, a wider arc of terror seems to be radiating in northward and eastward directions, in and out of the larger North Africa region.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:56
Kenya's parliament has passed a motion of intent to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:52
The leader of eastern Congo's M23 rebel movement said Sunday the group will disband only if another rebel group that is composed of ethnic Rwandan Hutu fighters is disarmed and Congolese refugees return home from neighboring countries.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:45
At least 50 suspected Boko Haram sect members were killed in an encounter with Military Troops of 5 Brigade of 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Monguno when the terrorists laid ambush in two communities of Gajiram, the Headquarters of Nganzai and Bullabulin Ngaura of Konduga Local Government Areas of Borno state.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:44
The statement demanded interim President Adly Mansour to use legislative authority to issue a law banning military trials of civilians in Egypt.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:40
Four children were reportedly killed on Friday in the Dubbo Al Omda area in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra when a bomb dropped during an alleged Sudanse Air Force raid on Thursday, exploded while they were watering their camels.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 07:39
The Chief of Police for South Darfur, has estimated that there are 20,000 weapons (firearms) in civilian hands in the state, and says he has even seen children carrying Kalashnikovs.