At least 66 soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been sentenced to death after abandoning their posts during battles with rebel fighters in North Kivu province. The military court in…
Nearly three decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the United States has deported alleged genocide participant Jean Léonard Teganya to…
Nine Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested in South Africa over allegations that they were preparing to travel overseas to fight in the…
Guinea-Bissau has scrapped plans for a hepatitis B vaccine trial involving newborns after international criticism that the research would be unethical and…
Doris Adu Gyamfi has travelled from Ghana to the United States after President Donald Trump granted her an emergency visa to seek…
Journalist Guillaume Munguakonkwa was forced into hiding after militia members in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo allegedly targeted him over broadcasts about…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on Burkina Faso to do more to protect vulnerable communities, investigate alleged abuses and “fairly prosecute”…
North Africa is emerging as an increasingly important gateway for drugs bound for Europe, with Tunisia reporting a sustained rise in cocaine…
Human Rights Watch says Zambia’s security forces have subjected opposition members, journalists, lawyers and other government critics to enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention…
Concerns over the fate of prominent Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka have intensified after Human Rights Watch called on authorities to protect him…
A police operation in Guinea-Bissau has broken up an alleged human trafficking network accused of luring about 70 people from across West…
