The annual report of the UN Population Fund says 7.3 million girls under 18 give birth in developing countries each year, with most of these births occurring in sub-Saharan Africa ... Read more »
The International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has said she will not oppose a request by President Uhuru Kenyatta to postpone his trial to 2014. Read more »
International football star Yaya Touréhas been unveiled as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. Read more »
The International Criminal Court has ordered that former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo remain in detention, saying he might flee justice if his appeal for release is granted. Read more »
The rebel fighters who overthrew the government of the Central African Republic earlier this year, and who now comprise the country's armed forces, are "out of control", says the ... Read more »
The International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has appealed the trial chamber's decision to allow President Uhuru Kenyatta to skip parts of his trial at a time when the ... Read more »
The Sahel region, a vast arid stretch of land linking six countries in West Africa -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- is home to some of the most ... Read more »
The International Criminal Court's Appeals Chamber has ruled that Deputy President William Ruto must continuously be present at his trial, reversing an earlier ruling by the Trial ... Read more »
The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo say it is extremely concerned over persistent child recruitment by armed groups in the DRC and calls on all actors to ... Read more »
A witness for the International Criminal Court in the ongoing cases against Deputy President William Ruto and former radio presenter Joshua Sang has withdrawn part of the testimony ... Read more »
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