The estimated number of mass rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has increased to more than 240. UN peacekeepers have reportedly stepped up patrols in the region.
U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch urged Bahrain on Wednesday to investigate allegations by four opposition activists that they were tortured in detention last month.
Families of the victims of one of the Philippines’ bloodiest massacres expressed outrage that the court case against the man accused of masterminding it has once again been adjourned.
Kenya has been criticised for the release of controversial national census figures that include tribal affiliations.
Australian police have ended a mass breakout and seven-hour demonstration by almost 100 reportedly Afghan asylum-seekers who broke out of an Australian immigration detention centre.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has asked Rwanda to review its laws on 'genocide ideology', saying they are being used as a guise to suppress political opposition and freedom of speech.
Southern Sudan will demobilise all child soldiers in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) by the end of this year, its government has said.
Two civil rights groups filed a formal lawsuit Monday seeking to halt what they said was an illegal US government assassination order for Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, considered a dangerous terrorist by Washington.
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi caused anger Tuesday after calling in Italy for Europeans to convert to Islam, and demanding billions of euros to stop migration leading to a "black Europe".
Mexican authorities on Monday announced the capture of one of the country's most sought after drug kingpins, US-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as "the Barbie" for his fair complexion.