HUMAN RIGHTS

Tony Gambino speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK about risks posed during Monusco protection shake-up.

New Gambian leader, Adama Barrow, promised to lead the country on democratic principles.

The US state department claims the Bashar al-Assad regime executed thousands at the Saydnaya prison.

Dmitry Alushkin denied gay men are being detained and tortured in the Russian region.

A Twitter user spotted the card at her local store.

Human Rights Watch and the United Nations report that soldiers threatened victims to remain silent.

Sir James Munby said it was "simply inhumanity" for care workers to place couples in different homes.

Anti-LGBT discrimination is rife in the country hosting this year's contest.

Watchdog Enough Project tells IBTimes UK the US and EU need to act fast to avoid war.

Protection from Monusco contingent 'has been withdrawn' as gynaecologist's life is threatened.

The NGO KyivPride has put together the guide ahead of the weekend's festivities.

Women's rights activists are calling for the "cruel" and "unjust" practice to be banned.

IBTimes UK deciphers the causes of the present round of violence in Congo's new flashpoint.

Why there is a myriad of challenges in reintegrating 82 young women back into their communities.

He met with the Russian Foreign Minister but apparently the issue "didn't come up".

The White House has not confirmed if it is aware of the anti-LGBT purge in the Russian region.

Theresa May's Somalia conference is important but it cannot prioritise security over the impending famine.

Chinese VP Li Yuanchao is on a three-day visit to conflict-hit Burundi.

Somalia is facing the "largest humanitarian crisis in history of the United Nations".

Refugees fleeing neighbouring DRC amid fighting between Congolese army and local tribes.

The helpline's director revealed the man's identity on social media.

The Russian LGBT Network has helped around 40 people flee the Russian region.

Controversial activist Nyanzi was back in court after calling president Yoweri Museveni a 'pair of buttocks'.

Suspected anti-Balaka rebel attack against Minusca convoy killed at least four peacekeepers.

ECOWAS ministers hope plan of action will help 1 million stateless people in West Africa.

Relative allegedly joins anti-LGBT hysteria and kills nephew to 'cleanse family shame'.

IBTimes UK hears of massacres carried out in Kananga, Kasai-Central.

ICC collecting evidence on migrant-related crimes as organisations warn of 'torture archipelago' in Libya.

16,718 Chadians living in CAR fled war to Chad without documentation.