The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague opened the trial of two Congolese militia leaders charged in the killings of more than 200 men, women, and children.
The Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight defendants for recruiting and providing financial support to the Somali insurgent organization al-Shabaab.
A new report by the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights details “extensive and systematic” rights violations faced by thousands of political prisoners in Eritrea.
The past 10 months have seen the highest number of Africans reaching Yemeni shores compared to figures for the same period in 2008 and 2007, when large numbers began travelling to Yemen by boat.
Shabab insurgents amputated a foot and a hand from each of two young men accused of robbery in the southern port of Kismayu. The militants compelled thousands of residents to watch.
The African Union and France are threatening sanctions after the Guinean army fired on protesters in the capital, Conakry, killing 157.
The same day a US Special Forces helicopter raid reportedly killed a Shabab insurgent leader in Somalia, residents at the southern village of Erile reported a second chopper raid by French forces
A majority of readers support the Sufis fighting the fundamentalist Shabab insurgents in Somalia, but do not think the US should arm them.
At least 185 Lou Nuer tribespeople were killed in South Sudan's Jonglei state by Murle fighters. The fighting has claimed several hundred lives this year—more than in Darfur.
International rights groups are demanding an investigation after the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram rebels reportedly “died in police custody.” Some 300 were killed in the 72-hour offensive.
Rebels of a group known as the “Nigerian Taliban” expanded attacks against security forces to three northern states, leaving at least 80 people dead in two days of clashes.
Chad admitted to an air raid on rebel positions in Darfur, but denied attacking Sudan’s armed forces or populace in the raid.
