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LIBREVILLE, Human Rights Watch called on Cameroon to launch an independent inquiry into the killing of a popular radio journalist who had spoken out against graft.Martinez Zogo, 50, who regularly attacked financial sleaze and cronyism in the central Af...

Internal displacement in Somalia remains one of the most complex and long-standing humanitarian and development challenges in the world. With one of the highest displacement statistics globally, millions of vulnerable Somali people face an endless cycl...

UNITED NATIONS, UN humanitarians report that recent clashes between Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forces and M23 rebels have displaced about 90,000 people, a UN spokesman said.The chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Step...

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia acknowledges the publication by the Government of Ethiopia of its draft Policy Options for Transitional Justice, dated January 2023. The document offers a first step towards a locally-ow...

KINSHASA, At least 20 people were injured late yesterday, during a bomb attack at a small market in the city of Beni, of the North Kivu province, in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an army spokesman told Xinhua.Captain Anthony...

GENEVA — The 2023 World Economic Situation and Prospects report has just been issued, and U.N. economists present a gloomy and uncertain outlook for the coming year, with the global economy projected to grow at a particularly sluggish rate.Multiple cri...

Maseko was reportedly shot and killed at his home in Mbabane on 21 January 2023. The motive behind his shooting is still unclear, although there is speculation that this may have been linked to his work as a human rights defender.The callous murder of ...

GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, warns the departure of European forces from Mali has created a dangerous vacuum in the country.The European forces completed their withdrawal from Mali in November, ending a 14-year effort to keep the country sa...