The prevalence of sexual violence has reached "epic proportions" in South Sudan during its civil war, the UN Commission on Human Rights said.
Reported incidents...
Desperate Syrians fleeing the devastating war in their country are finding refuge in sub-Saharan Africa.
One imam from Aleppo, Abdul Ghani Bandenjki, first visited Ghana...
A Cairo prosecutor has ordered the release of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, ending nearly six years of legal proceedings against the long-ruling autocrat.
Egypt's...
South Sudan's government is blocking desperately needed food aid and restricting United Nations peacekeepers, according to the UN.
An internal report from UN secretary-general Antonio...
Egypt's top appeals court has issued a final ruling that acquits former president Hosni Mubarak on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has celebrated his 93rd birthday surrounded by thousands of supporters in a defiant show of strength after nearly four decades...
Nigerian kidnappers have demanded a ransom of 60 million naira (£151,000) for a German archaeologist and his associate who were abducted this week from...
