Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on Burkina Faso to do more to protect vulnerable communities, investigate alleged abuses and “fairly prosecute” those responsible after a series of attacks by an Al-Qaeda-linked…
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…
A proposed two-year cap on engagements has moved forward in the House of Representatives, where lawmakers will now examine the measure in…
A federal jury in Boston has convicted Eric Nshimiye of perjury and obstruction of justice for lying under oath about his role…
Ukraine is coming under scrutiny over allegations that it helped Tuareg fighters in northern Mali, potentially widening Kyiv’s confrontation with Russia into…
Thirty-seven detainees died in Nigeria’s Niger State after extreme overcrowding, inadequate ventilation, heat stress and dehydration triggered acute respiratory failure, an investigation…
Eight civilians were killed and at least six others wounded in what Human Rights Watch described as an apparent military drone strike…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a reported 10,060 cases and 4,887 deaths since it was first…
