New York, December 28, 2008) - Cambodian authorities should exonerate and free Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, who were unfairly sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2005 for the murder of labor leader Chea Vichea, said three international

The African Union (AU) has condemned the return of coups d'état to the continent, describing the phenomenon as "a very serious setback in the ongoing democratization process in Africa."

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today rushed a company of Government army troops to the north-east of the vast country, following reliable reports that elements of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 163rd meeting, held at the ministerial level in Addis Ababa, on 22 December 2008, adopted the following decision on the situation in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania following

The cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame Wednesday expressed satisfaction on the decision by a French Court to modify the bail conditions of the Director of State Protocol, Rose Kabuye so that she could come back to Rwanda.

As the Administrative Committee of Enquiry set up by President Umaru Yar'Adua to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the Jos riot last month start its work, it has emerged that some 50 of the 530 persons arrested in

THE State has launched an appeal at the Supreme Court against the High Court determination ordering the release of former ZBC newscaster Jestina Mukoko and 31 other co-suspects accused of recruiting people for military training in Botswana. The 32 are

Reporters Without Borders condemns the "unacceptable behaviour" of the Zimbabwean authorities in kidnapping journalist and human rights activist Jestina Mukoko three weeks ago, holding her incommunicado and now accusing her and several other members of the opposition Movement for Democratic

The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Friday passed the final reading of government bill to set up a human rights commission.

Members of the public could not hold back the excitement with some of them shedding tears of joy as the Director of State Protocol Rose Kabuye jetted into the country Wednesday afternoon.