Grave atrocities, including summary executions are reportedly being carried out in Sudan\'s Darfuri regional capital of El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, according to the UN human r ...

Sudanese army chief, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, says security and humanitarian concerns dictated the withdrawal of his troops from the besieged city of El Fasher ...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up its health response across Africa, responding swiftly to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this past Sep ...

Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al Nashif, warned on Monday ...

More than 470,000 movements by civilians heading north inside the Gaza Strip have been recorded since the ceasefire began, said the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday ...

The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, on Monday announced the appointment of a three-member Commission of Inquiry into the human rights situation in the provinces of S ...

Funding cuts are dismantling the frontline organisations working to end violence against women and girls, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Monday ...

Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious and forward-looking diplomacy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Columbia Law School’s ...

The East African Community (EAC) has officially launched its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe Wedensday\'s General Elections in Tanzania ...

As Sudan\'s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claims to have taken “complete control” of the 6th Infantry Division command in the besieged city of El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s main base in N ...

As Sudan’s destructive war – now in its third year – grinds on, the challenges to health systems are immense and women giving birth have been particularly impacted ...

Mine Action Programme (UNMAS)  and the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) have jointly conducted quality assurance procedures on the safe demolition of two to ...