The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) urged Algerian Government to stop rounding up and collectively expelling thousands of Sub-Saharan, saying such an ill- treatment violates international law. The OHCHR call came few days after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that dozens of Sub-Saharan migrants have died in abhorrent conditions on the Algerian-Niger […]
The United Nations has warned of soaring rights violations in Darfur region in western Sudan amid escalating fighting between the army and paramilitaries, with a senior UN official describing the violence against civilians as “verging on pure evil”. At least half of Sudan’s population is dire need of humanitarian aid after nearly seven months of […]
Twelve members of an armed group died in a clash with UN peacekeepers and government troops as they tried to enter a city in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR). The fighting erupted on Sunday after the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa (FPRC) entered the flashpoint town of Birao before being repelled, government […]
