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Mahamat Said, a former leader of militia group in the Central African Republic (CAR), faces 14 charges at the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The charges include torture, persecution, enforced disappearance, and cruel treatment. Prosecutors have accused Said...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera declared a unilateral cessation of fighting against armed groups, saying he hoped it would lead to peaceful dialogue. The country has seen recurrent rounds of rebel violence since former president Francois Bozize was ousted in 2013. The...

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several other members of Sudan’s civilian leadership were arrested as military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the transitional government. Hamdok’s arrest followed his refusal to issue a statement in support of the coup. The arrests prompted thousands of...

Members of the Khulumani Support Group, a social movement in South Africa helping victims of apartheid become active citizens, called on the government to honor the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in a protest outside the National Assembly in Cape Town. The group hope...

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a plan to prevent any further misconduct by aid workers deployed in its field of operations after WHO staff were caught up in a major sexual abuse scandal in the Democratic Republic of Congo. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus vowed to ensure...

Sudanese pro-military protesters demonstrated outside the presidential palace in central Khartoum, demanding the dismissal of the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. A 50-year-old protester Abboud Ahmed said, “We need a military government, the current government has failed to bring us...

Sierra Leone became the 23 rd African country and 110 th worldwide to abolish the death penalty. President Julius Maada Bio, who signed the bill into law, said that the West African country and former British colony had “exorcised horrors of a cruel past” after a long campaign to end capital...

The head of the Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces, Lt. Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has stressed the need to expedite the implementation of security arrangements in accordance with the Juba Peace Agreement. The Juba Peace Agreement includes establishing the Peace...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has approved a new government selected by newly-appointed Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane. Bouden said that "the fight against corruption will be the most important aim" of the new government and promised to "raise living standards" of Tunisians and "restore their...

A report by UN human rights chief Michele Bachelet finds some progress has been made in the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). However, the report finds extensive violations and abuses continue unabated in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. UN Deputy High Commissioner for...