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A German court jailed a former member of the ISIL (ISIS) group, Taha al-Jumailly, for life after he was convicted of committing genocide against Iraq’s minority Yazidi community. The case involved the death of a five-year-old girl he bought as a slave and then chained up in the hot sun to die. Al...

The United States revoked its designation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a “foreign terrorist organization,” allowing US officials to work with members of the Colombian rebel group as they continue to shift into political life. This move comes days after the rebel group and...

Sudan's newly reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has ordered a halt to the firing of civil servants and a review of all appointments made after his detention in last month's coup. Twelve out of 17 ministers from Sudan's bloc calling for a purely civilian government resigned on Monday...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has temporarily suspended an investigation into alleged abuses during the Philippine's "war on drugs" under President Rodrigo Duterte, in which thousands of people have died. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan wrote that the Philippines had filed a deferral request...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Colombia as the South American nation readies to mark the the fifth anniversary of a fragile peace agreement reached between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The 2016 peace agreement saw about 13,000...

Top human rights group, Memorial, faces the threat of being shut down at the behest of state prosecutors who accuse it of flouting Russia's "foreign agent" laws. Founded in the late 1980s during the Soviet twilight, Memorial has spent decades documenting Stalin's repressions and helping people...

A new report by the United Nations Development Programme projects that the death toll from Yemen's war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed by direct and indirect causes. UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said, "In the case of Yemen, we believe that the number of people who...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the front lines to lead his troops in the battle against forces from the northern Tigray region in a campaign to "save Ethiopia," according to state-affiliated media. Abiy tweeted, "The time has come to lead the country with sacrifice. Those who want...

A political agreement has been signed in Sudan enabling Aballa Hamdok to be reinstated as prime minister to restore the transition to civilian rule. The 14-point deal also provides for the release of all political prisoners detained during the coup and stipulates that a 2019 constitutional...

Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former leader of The Gambia, has ignored a warning by incumbent President Adama Barrow to not intervene in the country’s election campaign before polls. Jammeh spoke remotely at a public meeting of Mama Kandeh, the presidential candidate he has endorsed. Jammeh had refused...