Rwanda will this week mark 25-years since the genocide that killed an estimated 800, 000 people, mostly Tutsis. Despite that, Rwanda’s GDP has grown by 6 – 8% a year since 2003 (World Bank)
In recent weeks, Iraqi and United Nations workers have exhumed what they believe to be the remains of 30 bodies of Yazidi victims of IS from one of the dozens of mass graves in the region.
Nearly a month ago,tensions quickly rose between India and Pakistan raising fears the two nuclear armed neighbors were moving toward war
Secretary-General António Guterres in the book of condolences at the Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations, for the lives lost in the terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand
When Myanmar soldiers entered villagers’ homes, they beat some, detained others, and stripped more then 130 of them of their shirts and made them stay outside in the burning sun, said Abbot Pyinnyar Wontha of Shwe Phaung Tin monastery. He said he does not know how long the monastery can host the IDPs
The death of 21-year-old David Dragicevic nearly a year ago sparked local protests against authorities’ handling of the case
According to police, Muzyka was surrounded by open packets of medicine. Her phone had dialed the emergency number for an ambulance. The door was locked from the inside
Absent an established level of trust with law enforcement, as is often the case among undocumented immigrants, victims and witnesses may be less inclined to report the crime or seek help
Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today
As of February this year, “some 1.2 million people are in need of assistance”, Laerke told journalists in Geneva, noting that needs had risen significantly since June 2018 and escalated further in the past couple of months