The Democratic Republic of Congo is under pressure to lift current ban on demonstrations in the country after the UN Security Council on Monday demanded that the government relaxes its stance on protests.
Some 14 000 people have fled violence in the Central African Republic and crossed into the Democratic Republic of Congo in less than a week, the United Nations said on Friday.
A peacekeeper was killed and eight others were injured Thursday during an attack on a convoy in the Central African Republic, the UN's Minusca force and the Mauritanian army said.
The United Nations and other international rights groups are calling on Sudan’s president to revoke a death sentence handed down to a 19 year old girl for killing a man during rape.
The World Health Organization has announced it is planning to send Ebola vaccines to the town of Bikoro in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo where new cases of the deadly virus have been recorded.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor requested help from the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to arrest three fugitives in Libya, including a military commander serving under strongman Khalifa Haftar and a son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo's government to lift a ban on demonstrations that threatens to scupper chances for credible elections.
Ghana has rejected an assessment made by the UN about its poverty reduction programs describing it as “uninformed” while highlighting its commitment to uplifting the living conditions of its people.
African migrants and asylum seekers in Yemen are being subjected to physical and sexual abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch(HRW) and the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said.
