Wrapping their children in plastic sheets to stave off the winter cold, Yemeni families driven out of the historic port of Mokha are struggling to adjust to the harsh life of internal displacement....
Syrian government forces backed by Russian soldiers advanced Wednesday to the outskirts of ancient Palmyra after battles with the Islamic State group, a monitor and a military source said. "Regime...
The Acting Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Frank Doyi is advocating for the death penalty to be scrapped from the constitution because it is a human rights violation. According to him,...
An Israeli soldier sentenced to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant appealed against his manslaughter conviction and jail term on Wednesday, his legal team said....
Opposition supporters were vocal against a possible third term for President Kabila Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo used excessive force against protesters during a demonstration...
All Syrian sides that fought in the battle for Aleppo committed war crimes and the deal to evacuate civilians following the rebel defeat was a "crime of forced displacement', a UN probe said...
The UN has also pointed out lack of investigations by Congolese authorities The UN has accused the Congolese military forces of civilian killings. In a recently published report, the United Nations...
A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses of Rohingya Muslims as "biased and unfair", despite UN evidence of murder, rape...
As hundreds of South Sudanese fleeing famine and civil war enter Sudan each day, aid workers warn of a lack of vital relief supplies, especially for malnourished children. "We have a shortage of...
A tightly-guarded Malaysian court Wednesday charged two women with murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, who was killed with a powerful nerve agent, and warned them they face...
The conference will bring together over 200 Zontians from the East and West African Regions which include Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin and delegates drawn from like-minded global...
Latest: Ebola fighter, Time person of the year, dies in childbirth Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, have been charged with his murder....
A UN delegation has completed a week-long fact-finding mission on the human rights situation of people of African descent in Germany. The experts spoke to government officials, NGOs, and people from...
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has been named sub-Sahara Africa’s topmost think- tank on the Global Go-to Think Thank ranking. The centre also ranked second out...
Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, have been charged with his murder. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from...
Russian punk provocateurs Pussy Riot are branching into theater to tell their story as they headline a New York festival that explores women's empowerment. Spring Revolution, which opens Wednesday at...
The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state of the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV, has sued the Ghana Army over the construction of a military building near his private residence. He said the construction of...
An interim authority for Mali's troubled northern Kidal region, a stronghold of the former Tuareg rebellion, was finally installed on Tuesday, the first step toward improving security enough to allow...
The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state of the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV, has sued the Ghana Army over the construction of a military building near his private residence. He said the construction...
President John Mahama's Senior Communications Advisor Ben Dotse Malor has urged President Akufo-Addo's appointees to devote themselves to selfless service to improve the lives of the ordinary...
