A French couple has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle more than 100 children to the European country for adoption, under the pretext that they were orphans from Darfur. Read more »
Poorly-regulated arms transfers continue to contribute to the recruitment and use of children in conflict, says an NGO ahead of the International Day against the Use of Child ... Read more »
A senior United Nations relief official has warned that that an estimated 10 million people in the wider Sahel region could be at risk of starvation in 2013. Read more »
The latest crisis in Egypt points to the urgent need for the government to begin transforming the security sector, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2013 - which also ... Read more »
In his 2013 annual letter, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded the Gates Vaccine Innovation Award to Margarida Matsinhe for her work in helping ... Read more »
In his 2013 annual letter, Bill Gates concentrates on the importance of setting clear goals and identifying measures to drive progress towa Read more »
The Kenya Red Cross Society has suspended its services in the Dadaab IFO2 East and West Refugee camps after four gunmen shot at their ambulance, injuring the personnel on board. Read more »
The French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drain has told reporters that Malian troops may have carried out summary executions during the offensive against rebels. Read more »
The ENOUGH project, an American campaign to end genocide and crimes against humanity, has called on the forthcoming African Union summit to help resolve the dispute between Sudan ... Read more »
The International Crisis Group has issued a new report warning that the risk of political violence during Kenya's March election is "unacceptably high." Read more »
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