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Leaders spark genocide fears with anti-Tutsi propaganda amid violent political crackdown.

Stunning photos raise awareness of issues like sustainable development, pollution and human rights.

'Africa's Pinochet' was convicted of crimes against humanity, rape, sexual slavery and torture in May.

IBTimes UK investigates claims that Somali women and girls in the camp have been targets of sexual violence.

Interior Ministry says it was a unique decision as Ali hopes it is a turning point for Africans.

Human Rights Watch calls for prosecution of former banditry controller Robert Yékoua-Ketté.

Nudists claim ban undermines their way of life, known as Freikorperkultur, or Free Body Culture.

LGBTI refugees fled systematic human rights violations against the community in Uganda

IBTimes UK meets LGBTI Ugandans who claim they suffer attacks despite seeking safety in Kenya.

Eze Okafur was stabbed and his brother killed when militants stormed their house in Maiduguri in 2010.

Lam Wing Kee is one of five Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared in the last year.

Photo story: IBTimes UK commemorates Day of the African Child 2016 among Kakuma's most vulnerable children.

Activists and human-rights groups say authorities have killed more than 400 Oromo people since November 2015.

UN set up the trust fund to help economic development in countries that people attempt to leave for Europe.

Human rights group says arrest is part of a synchronised effort 'to silence civil society in Bahrain'.

Demonstrations took place in Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Prague and Brussels over the weekend (11-12 June) outside regional offices of phone giant Apple.

New report claims abuses widespread in Eritrea, but government rejects allegations.

UN, AU and Congo officials fail to probe executions of civilians, including 7-month-old baby.

UPDATE: Unconfirmed reports that one person has died during the protests in western city of Kisumu.

Dozens of pro-democracy activists have been arrested, trialled and sentenced to long prison sentences in a politically-motivated campaign to silence dissents in the resource-rich nation.

Dozens arrested amid intimidation and allegations of torture ahead of presidential election.

The decision to declassify is seen as a move to put pressure on the World Health Organisation.

Despite pressure from UN and human rights activists, the executions went ahead.

Verdict marks end of 16 year struggle for justice by victims and rights groups.

Dennehy placed in solitary at HMP Bronzefield after prison guards read 'escape plot' in diary.

Sex workers receive little protection from abuse even in countries like Norway where human rights laws are stringent.

The former prisoner has described the horrific punishments dished out in the hermit nation's prisons.

The new cabinet has been criticised for being made up exclusively of white men, and for folding a ministry of women.

Human Rights Watch described the police brutality as a 'threat to human rights'.

World Health Organisation has defined female genital mutilation as severely harmful with 'no benefits'.