Amnesty International has obtained information indicating that Garde Républicaine soldiers extrajudicially executed a large number of detainees who were held at Camp Tshatshi, the main GR military ...

The organisation said it had collected several testimonies alleging mistreatment by police and security forces during the recent protests, ranging from torture to abductions and unlawful killings.

Agreement missed an opportunity to decisively tackle a long-standing driver of the conflict, says Agnes Callamard, Amnesty ...

Police Shooting Victim Boniface Kariuki Dies in NairobiBoniface Kariuki, the street mask vendor who was shot in the head by police during protests demanding justice for influencer Albert Ojwang, has ...

Catholic bishops and Protestant pastors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) submitted what they call a “Social Pact for ...

Many tourists love learning about a new place, but some countries are currently dangerous and are on the US government's ...

Amnesty International interviewed more than 50 people, mostly survivors, as well as civil society organisations and justice sector officials. The six-day war was one of a series of conflicts between ...

The March 23 Movement/Congo River Alliance (M23/AFC) rebels have vehemently rejected fresh allegations of grave human rights violations reportedly committed in territories under their control in ...

Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two rebel-controlled cities.

M23 accused of possible ‘war crimes’ in eastern DRC: Rights group Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control.

Of the Europeans who scrambled for control of Africa at the end of the 19th century, Belgium's King Leopold II left arguably the largest and most horrid legacy of all. King Leopold II left arguably ...