May 15, 2015

A New York court sentenced Saudi exile Khalid al-Fawwaz to life in prison Friday over his role in the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in East Africa which killed 224 people.

Four Burundian ex-presidents have denounced President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term as “unconstitutional” and warned it “could jeopardise the gains of peace” made since civil war ended in 2006. The

A South African court on Friday sentenced two men to life in jail for the rape and murder of an 86-year-old Austrian-born nun who was strangled with an electric typewriter cord. Fellow

Armed groups in Libya are abducting and torturing civilians, the United Nations said Friday, warning that such actions are “war crimes”. “Armed groups across Libya are responsible for abductions of civilians, including