Insecurity in the Central African Republic leads to continious population displacement and access constraints
In December 2012, dissident members of the “Union des Forces Démocratiques Pour le Rassemblement” (UFDR) rebel group took control over the cities of Sam Ouandja and Ndélé in north eastern Central African Republic (CAR). The Séléka rebel group was...
US Treasury Department Designates Militant Groups in the DRC
The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated two militant groups fomenting violence and instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This action against Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) and the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (...
Increasing ethnic violence in DR Congo has led to serious humanitarian crisis – UN
The fertile hills of Masisi district, in eastern DRC's North Kivu province.
UN refugee agency concludes operation to repatriate Liberians forced into exile amid civil war
Liberians cross the Cavaly River to their homeland from Cote d'Ivoire.
US: Defense Bill Signing Backtracks on Guantanamo
US President Barack Obama’s refusal to veto a defense spending bill restricting detainee transfers from Guantanamo undercuts his pledge to close the prison, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
Bahrain: Charges Against Rights Defender Raise Concerns
Thailand: Don’t Deport Rohingya ‘Boat People’
The Thai government should immediately halt its plan to deport 73 ethnic Rohingya back to Burma, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
Darfur: two abducted UN peacekeepers freed after 136 days in captivity
UNAMID police personnel Qasim Al-Sarhan (centre) and Hasan Al-Mazawdeh (right), abducted in North...
Protracted conflicts, arms control, trafficking in human beings top agenda as Ukraine takes over OSCE Chair
Residential buildings rise up across the Dnieper River from the Monastery of the Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Ukrainian...
OSCE media freedom representative urges investigation into threats to Italian newspaper
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addresses the OSCE Permanent Council at the Hofburg in Vienna, 29...
