Africa

Chad president accused of war crimes

The special tribunal hearing the war crimes case against Chad's ex-dictator Hissène Habré will now also hear charges against sitting president Idriss Deby, Habré's former army chief.

Iraq

Iraq: Kakai militia prepares to fight ISIS

The Kakai religious minority, targeted for extermination by ISIS, has formed a battalion to defend their villages on the frontline in northern Iraq—and are desperately in need of guns.

Iraq

PKK-aligned Yazidi militia battles ISIS

Young Yazidis—including women—are returning to Iraq's Mount Sinjar from which they were "cleansed" by ISIS last year, fighting to reclaim their homeland from the jihadists.

South Asia

Bangladesh upholds death sentence for Islamist

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld the death sentence of Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for crimes committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.

The Amazon

Brazil: prosecutors move against Belo Monte dam

Brazilian prosecutors called for authorities to halt the eviction of some 2,000 families living in an area of the Amazon rainforest where the huge Belo Monte dam is being built.

Africa

Ethiopia: army ‘massacre’ of tribespeople

Conflict between Ethiopian soldiers and Hamar pastoralists left dozens dead as tribespeople resist forced relocation from their traditional grazing lands which are being privatized.