DRC forces accused of “crimes against humanity”
Government troops—the FARDC—in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports.
Government troops—the FARDC—in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN reports.
The US State Department’s annual human rights report charges that Ethiopia is holding several hundred political prisoners. Ethiopia responded that the report has “erroneous claims.”
In its annual human rights country report, the US State Department accuses Eritrea of systematically abusing human rights, as well as sponsoring terrorism in the Horn of Africa.
Federal prosecutors charged an Eritrean suspect, Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed, of conspiring to provide material support to al-Shabab, the main insurgent army in Somalia.
Hundreds were again killed in violence around the city of Jos, Nigeria, with witnesses saying the attackers “knew what to do and were trained on how to do it.”
Angry protests over an electoral dispute in Togo, with police using tear gas against opposition supporters, follow similar scenes two weeks earlier in Ivory Coast.
The push to privatize government functions and instate “free trade” policies has sparked a hunger crisis for millions of people in African nations, researchers conclude in a new study.
An account from the pan-Latin American Matriz del Sur agency claims that Somalia’s pirates are seeking to send booty as aid to Haiti’s earthquake victims.
The International Criminal Court’s Appeals Chamber reversed a Pre-Trial Chamber decision that denied the application for genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project called upon the International Criminal Court to open an inquiry into the deadly sectarian vioelnce in Jos.
A wave of bombings in Somaliland raises fears that the Shabab insurgents in neighboring Somalia are trying to destabilize the de facto independent republic.
King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo of South Africa’s AbaThembu people announced that the tribal homeland—covering a vast area of the republic’s territory—has seceded.