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UN urged to send international committees to monitor human rights in Tindouf camps in Algeria

Human rights activists have launched an urgent appeal on the United Nations to lift the blockade on the Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria and allow access to the camps, which are witnessing an unprecedented deterioration of human rights conditions, as reported by several international organizations. On the sidelines of the 56th session of the Human […]

African Union Peace & Security Council Thanks Morocco’s King for Hosting Skhirat Meeting

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union has thanked King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan Govt and people for hosting its three-day meeting convened in the Atlantic coastal city of Skhirat (near Rabat) June 24-26. The Skhirat gathering has enabled the 15-member PSC to review its working methods for a better prevention, management […]

ICC uncovers evidence of war crimes, ethnic violence in Western Sudan

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has revealed there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in western Sudan. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, July 10, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan described the suffering in the region as “difficult to put into words”. […]