South Sudan President Salva Kiir has called upon security forces in the country to stop robbing and killing civilians.
A new report published by the New York-based Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict says attacks on medical facilities and staff in South Sudan are on the rise.
The African Union has called for a mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
On Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on South Sudan’s government to stop delaying the creation of a hybrid court to deal with human rights violations during the country’s civil conflict. “Four years into the conflict, both parties continue to
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The United Nations has condemned the rise of human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Last week, Burundi became the first nation to withdraw from the Rome Statute, bringing an end to the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction in the African country. A year after the country first threatened to abandon the Hague-based court, Burundi has
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A group of South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping five foreign aid workers and killing one man have appeared in front of a military court in Juba.
Ten Christians have been arrested in Eritrea ahead of a protest vigil in the name of Christian prisoners who died in captivity in the Horn of Africa nation.
Human rights abuses are still going unpunished in South Sudan, according to the Human Rights Director for the United Nations Mission (UNMISS).
At least nine people were killed during a car bomb […]
Manufacturers in Kenya are frustrated by Tanzania’s move to place […]
The United Nations Security Council narrowly approved an arms embargo […]
Eritrea President Isaias Afwerki is making his first visit to […]
Tanzania President John Magufuli says prisoners in the country should […]
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What has South Sudan gained from independence?
As South Sudan’s peace process continues to fail and the international community debates which course of action to take, the number of people killed or forced to leave their homes only rises. Meanwhile, the reports of horrific human rights abuses
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