The U.S. senate is set to ban all funding and training to military and police forces who have been involved in human rights abuses. Read more »
Almost 21 million people worldwide are trapped in jobs into which they were coerced or deceived and which they cannot leave, according to an International Labour Organisation ... Read more »
The Under 20 Men's National team secured a third place finish at the 8-Nation International Tournament after beating Japan on penalties. Read more »
The team overcame Argentina in the final of the 8-Nation International Tournament at the Cape Town Stadium. Read more »
According to reports, the militia group Al Shabaab are continuing to lose ground as Somali and African Union forces advance their onslaught on the group. Read more »
Turkey is urging international aid organisations to set up permanent headquarters in Somalia where they have been absent since the country's government collapsed in 1991. Read more »
The decision by the United Nations World Tourism Office to select Robert Mugabe as an ambassador for tourism continues to be criticised, with Canada now withdrawing from the body ... Read more »
Humanitarian agencies will have to increase relief efforts in order to keep the country's poor alive as the financial situation worsens says the United Nations. Read more »
The economic crisis was triggered by South Sudan's decision to shut down oil production, which accounts for 98 percent of revenue, following a dispute with Sudan. Read more »
Fresh charges against a presenter with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who was arrested in Zimbabwe for "working without a permit", have been dropped. Read more »
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