At least 11 civilians and eight troops have died in attacks by Ugandan LRA rebels in the northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a local association said. The attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels took place between March 11 and 14 in Bangadi, Duru and Dungu in Orientale province about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the ...

Sudanese authorities have re-arrested 15 members of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement after releasing them following a truce with the Darfur group, their lawyer said on Wednesday. The rebels were arrested when they went to Al-Fashir, the capital of north Darfur, Adam Bakr Hassab said. The Khartoum government, which fought a devastating war with Darfuri rebels, released 57 JEM ...

Myanmar on Monday angrily condemned a UN expert's finding that human rights violations there may amount to crimes against humanity and could warrant a UN inquiry. But the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Quintana, stood by his finding and added that upcoming polls in Myanmar could not be credible given that the ruling junta ...

A UN special envoy upped pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta Friday with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Tomas Ojea Quintana made the recommendation in a report to be examined next Monday by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, noting "systematic violation of human rights ...