Poor equipment and closed roads due to security threats from armed militant group Al-Shabab, mainly

Relatives of Bashir Mohamed Mohamud, 36, question the behavior of police after Mohamud disappeared i

But activists say that stigma and fear associated with reporting abuse means the real number of case

Rwanda's Kagame commends French president for speaking the truth'

Election flouts UN resolution calling for new constitution and UN supervision of election

Pro-Palestinian protests continue in European cities, despite cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Visa restrictions target Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fueling the 6-month-old war; mo

Meanwhile, Taiwan warns against China's cognitive warfare' about COVID-19

Announcement coincides with State Department release of annual report on religious freedom

An investigation found that despite its public denial of knowledge, senior WHO management was inform

Other agreements are periodic, which means they roll on week by week or month by month. Its harder t

Dispute between US aid agency, Kenyan government delays drugs

Beatrice Munyenyezi was convicted and sentenced in 2013 in the US state of New Hampshire; she served

Marcel Hitayezu was charged on Wednesday with genocide and being an accomplice to crimes against hum

He asks nations to draw a red line against the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war'

Defense lawyer for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin continues to try to raise doubt a

Protesters turn traditional New Year's observance into ongoing act of resistance against military ju

US Defense Secretary calls for independent review of inquiry into January 2020 al-Shabab assault on

UN officials are trying to dissuade Kenyan authorities from closing two sprawling refugee camps that

Law and Order, West Africa: US exercise aims to strengthen police and courts in fighting terrorism i

Duclert report unleashes questions, soul-searching in France

Putin spokesman says US intelligence report has 'no foundation and evidence'

Protesters march after US officials suggest Prime Minister Abiy's government responsible for atrocit

Report also says nearly eight of 10 young Syrians struggle to afford food, basic necessities

As the anniversary of the WHO pandemic declaration approaches, Middle Eastern nations try to scale u

Navalny was poisoned last year in an attack he blames on Moscow, which denies any involvement

Former President Ian Khama says at least 120 rhinoceroses have been killed in last 18 months

France awaits key study on its role in 1994 massacres; some wonder how truthful it will be

A decade after the Arab Spring brought political upheaval to the region, unprecedented levels of dis

Some party officials say Trump will remain a political force, but others are skeptical of his stayin

Former State Department employee tells VOA 'I never met or heard (of) any of the individuals mention

UN human rights officials say successive governments have done nothing to redress the public's griev

Somalia accuses Kenya of stirring up conflict between federal government and Jubaland state, where f

The high court is hearing an appeal of a lower court's acquittal of Sheikh, charged with murder in t

UN Agency cites risk of spread of COVID-19, measles, cholera, malaria, yellow fever and meningitis

The number of internally displaced people in the Sahel has quadrupled in just two years and is risin

Mothers have held rare protests in Mogadishu and elsewhere, demanding to know the fate of their chil

Statement says there has been a high number of reported rapes as well as reports that some women are

Washington says it supports Sri Lanka's efforts to bring the three to trial over the bombings that k

Prominent Ethiopian military official confirms presence of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray desp

Environmental groups and indigenous people of northeastern Alaska sought preliminary injunction to b

No one knows how many people have been killed in Tigray since the fighting began November 4, but the

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to try to reduce diplomatic tensions at a conference this week in Djib

$156 million needed to provide aid for up to 115,000 Ethiopian refugees and 22,000 people from host

Opposition leader says report released this week proves government operatives tried to kill him

More than a month has passed since fighting erupted between Ethiopia's government and now-fugitive T

Analyst says drones are stationed in Eritrean port city near Tigray

Children exploited and abused by criminal or armed groups, tribal chiefs and state authorities for p

Federal troops have captured the regional capital Mekelle from the former local ruling party, the Ti

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah died February 15, 2013, of a serious asthma attack after nearly three years o

Prime Minister Imran Khan says there is no solution to conflict other than to continue with agreemen

Tigray People's Liberation Front has rejected a Wednesday deadline for its surrender

Besides sending home billions of dollars in remittances, the diaspora has for years been actively in

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has called for African mediation to end the war and start ta

Ethiopian government forces have captured the town of Alamata, 120 kilometers from the Tigray region

Biologist Noemi Lukacs retired to Szirak, her birth village, to establish English & Scientific Consu

UN rights chief is calling for urgent measures to protect civilians from marauding armed groups in r

Anxieties in Britain were eased when Joe Biden chose to call Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of t

Armenian and enclave officials confirm heavy fighting in and around Shusha