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Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema has been arrested in South Africa, the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda said on Thursday. He was arrested on Wednesday after being on the run since 2001. Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000...

Multiple accounts of rape perpetrated by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have emerged across Sudan—as well as one documented case of a rape by an army soldier—as activists and medical professionals take to social media to warn others and provide a critical support network for survivors and...

Residents of Sudan's capital again awoke to heavy clashes Sunday morning just hours after rival generals agreed to an upcoming one-week ceasefire amid ongoing talks in Saudi Arabia. The ceasefire—the latest following many successive truces that have been systematically violated—is set to go into...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy had agreed to meet a group of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict. Details of the plan have not been publicly divulged, although Ukraine's...

Rebels from Ethiopia's Oromiya region accused the government on Wednesday of launching a military offensive against them after a first round of peace talks ended earlier this month without a deal. The government and the Oromo Liberation Army held negotiations for a week in Zanzibar in a bid to end a...

Hundreds of people have died in the Sudanese region of West Darfur, as fighting between the two rival military factions battling control in the country escalated as well as drawing in local militia groups. The most recent uptick of violence in the city of El-Geneina took place between Friday and...

Malian soldiers and unidentified "armed white men" likely executed at least 500 people, and sexually assaulted or tortured dozens of others during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali last year, the UN Human Rights Office said on Friday. On March 27, 2022, Malian soldiers and...

Air strikes and artillery pounded Khartoum on Friday after Sudan's warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary failed to agree to a ceasefire despite committing to protect civilians and allow humanitarian access. A so-called declaration of principles was signed in Saudi Arabia late on...

The United Nation’s top human rights body adopted a resolution Thursday that drew attention to mounting civilian deaths and rights abuses in Sudan since a bloody conflict erupted between the African country’s two top generals last month. The Human Rights Council — made up of 47 UN member states —...

A former Sudanese politician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity has said that he and other former officials are no longer in jail, following reports of a break-out. Ahmed Haroun was among those being held in Kober prison in the capital Khartoum who are facing charges by the International...