Clergy and rights advocates in Mindanao see army-supported paramilitary groups behind a wave of killings of indigenous leaders opposed to gold-mining operations on traditional lands.
Mexico's interior ministry is accused by a senate committee of covering up evidence pointing to official complicity in the escape of drug kingpin "El Chapo" Guzmán.
At least nine have been killed and 20 more wounded in an escalating land conflict on Nicaragua's Miskito Coast over the past month, with hundreds displaced.
Mapuche indigenous leaders in Chile are expressing outrage over the violent eviction of protesters who were occupying a government office in the southern region of Araucania.
At least four are dead following clashes between police and residents in Peru's Apurímac region, amid protests over the Chinese-owned Las Bambas copper mine project.
Ecuador's government dropped moves to shut the country's press watchdog after revelations that public funds were used to purge the Internet of critical material.
Campesinos on a cross-country march to demand a clean-up of Peru's massively polluted Oroya metal-smelting complex were attacked by the National Police.
An Ansar Dine militant was turned over to the International Criminal Court, accused of destruction of religious monuments and other war crimes committed in Timbuktu.
Burkina Faso's interim President Michel Kafando was formally reinstated after coup leaders capitulated in the face of popular pressure and mediation by regional leaders.
Colombia is suffering the worst drought and forest fires in its history, partially due to weather phenomenon El Niño, with water rationing instated across the country.
Colombia's government and the FARC rebels announced a six-month deadline for a peace deal, including establishment of a special justice system to try human rights abusers.
A member of a militia is pictured in Afghanistan's Kunduz city after being driven out of Khanabad district by the Taliban. As US troops withdraw and the Taliban seizes ground, Afghanistan's government is turning to a network of militias to control territory…. Read moreAfghanistan’s paramilitaries
