At least 890 people are believed to have been killed in ethnic violence in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday, warning that the

Sudan police have fired teargas at anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Kassala, according to eyewitnesses, as one of the biggest protests against President Omar al-Bashir's three-decade rule entered its fourth week. It

Freezing weather is being blamed for the deaths of 15 children in camps for internally displaced people in Syria. The harsh weather is also affecting camps in neighbouring Lebanon, where hundreds of thousands of

The trial of four volunteers working in the southern Arizona desert started in Tucson on Tuesday, raising fears about the future of humanitarian work at a time when US President Donald Trump ratchets up

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to sign legislation providing 800,000 federal employees with back pay when the partial government shutdown ends, even though a conclusion to the impasse remains nowhere in

Several people, including US troops, were reportedly killed after a blast struck near a US-led coalition patrol in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday.  The US-led coalition confirmed on Twitter that US

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said all the gunmen behind Nairobi hotel complex attack have been killed and the 19-hour hostage crisis is over. In a national television address, Kenyatta said on Wednesday 14 civilians died

Never before has a British prime minister been defeated in parliament as heavily as Theresa May last night. By 230 votes, she lost the motion on her deal for exit from the EU, a

An uneasy calm returned to Zimbabwe's main cities but businesses and schools remained closed and mobile networks enforced a government internet shutdown on the final day of a national strike triggered by a steep

British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence in her government following her crushing Brexit vote rout and her historic loss is being mocked online.  May's Brexit plan was roundly rejected