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Fifteen people have died and hundreds more were left homeless after days of torrential rains in Kasai Occidental and Bandundu provinces of the...

The suspension of talks between Kenya's key political parties, announced on 8 April, could slow or halt progress made in returning thousands of...

Zanu-PF, the party of the incumbent Robert Mugabe has said that there should be a recount of the presidential election results to check for possible...

Tayech Ali arrived half an hour before the grain distribution centre in Gojam Berenda, in the capital, Addis Ababa, opened, but still had to queue...

We thank God that all went well with the GPU Congress on 22 March 2008. We had real apprehensions about the event, but with all the noise and...

Halima [not her real name], a mother of five girls, shudders whenever she remembers how she suffered after undergoing female genital mutilation...

The former managing director of the Gambian newspaper, The Daily Observer, Dr. Saja Taal, testified today in Banjul Magistrates’ Court as part of the...

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field ICRC teams carried out nearly 80 field missions in more than 60 rural areas throughout South, North and...

All UN member states are facing a rigorous examination of their human rights records. The inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council's...

The World Bank, acting as an administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), today signed a grant agreement with Mozambique’s...