Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least 24 killed for...
The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee...
Egyptian court frees jailed researcher Zaki, trial postponed
An Egyptian court ordered the release of jailed researcher Patrick Zaki on Tuesday, an Egyptian rights group and a judicial source said, and Italy's...
ISS: Getting Goudoumaria right: are Boko Haram defectors reintegrating safely?
Lessons learnt from Niger's DDRRR programme must inform stabilisation efforts nationally and in the Lake Chad basin region.
Since 2015, fighters, associates, and people trapped...
UN worker killed in attack on peacekeeping convoy in Mali
Unidentified armed men attacked a convoy belonging to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday, killing one civilian worker and wounding another,...
Two journalists wounded after Congo police open fire on protest
Two journalists were wounded when police opened fire on a protest outside the provincial parliament in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Bukavu...
UN seeks record $41 billion for aid to hotspots led by Afghanistan, Ethiopia
The United Nations appealed on Thursday for a record $41 billion (R649,59 billion) to provide life-saving assistance next year to 183 million people worldwide...
Italian parliamentary panel accuses Egyptian security of Regeni murder
An Italian parliamentary panel on Wednesday accused the Egyptian security apparatus of the kidnapping, torturing and murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo in...
Two International Red Cross workers abducted in eastern Congo
One Congolese and one international staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were abducted in conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of...
Nigeria’s Lagos State rejects findings of ‘massacre’ of protesters last year
Nigeria's Lagos State rejected findings by a judicial panel that security forces carried out a "massacre" of unarmed protesters last year, maintaining that only...
Democratic Republic of Congo militiamen kill at least 20 at displaced persons camp
Militiamen killed at least 20 people on Sunday in an attack on a displaced persons camp in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local...
SA’s top soldier right on decline upon a decline in the SANDF
South Africa’s senior soldier – SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief – General Rudzani Maphwanya has it spot on in that the decline upon...
