Unlike most countries focusing on the conflict in Libya, Turkey has turned its attention to the humanitarian crisis by providing a ferry to rescue 250 severely injured people from ... Read more »
The police's Rapid Response Unit frequently operates outside the law, carrying out torture, extortion, and in some cases, extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Watch has said in a ... Read more »
A Bulawayo man arrested for posting a message on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Facebook wall, has been granted bail by the Bulawayo High Court. Read more »
Forces opposed to Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule have lost a key oil town again, and France 24 reports that the pendulum in fighting along the coastal road has swung his way. Read more »
War veterans associated with the ruling party have exhumed at least a thousand decomposing bodies from an abandoned mine. Read more »
With the escalation of fighting across Somalia since January, armed groups have reportedly recruited more child soldiers to their ranks, some even forcing teachers to enlist ... Read more »
Two writers discuss the forces that have emerged in the wake of the reported use of African mercenaries by Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi. Read more »
African politicians should be held accountable for their actions by their peers, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said. He hoped events in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya would see ... Read more »
The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, say Human Rights Watch. Read more »
United Nations officials today intensified their condemnation of an attack on a market by forces allied to Côte d'Ivoire's defeated president Laurent Gbagbo. The attack killed 25 ... Read more »
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