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DRC security forces killed 40 protesters in two weeks as Kabila was due to stand-down, says UN
Damning new report reveals that at least 917 people were arrested between 15 and 31 December 2016.
Philippines Police 'ready to go back' to Duterte's war on drugs
Police chief Ronald dela Rosa says the drug trade has returned to the streets of Manila.
Tanzania's 'ghost people': Putting an end to albino persecution
Grave digging for albino corpses and sale of body parts highlight that more needs to be done to tackle violence against persecuted minority.
Tanzania: Deputy health minister brands homosexuality 'unnatural' in latest online rant
Deteriorating situation for Tanzanian gay community facing up to 30 years imprisonment.
Dozens executed amid intensified fighting between rival militia groups in Central African Republic
Gruesome details have emerged of serious international crimes committed by rival ex-Seleka militias.
Amnesty International exposes mysterious espionage scheme against journalists and activists
Meet 'Safeena Malik', the fake persona at the heart of a cyber campaign targeting activists.
Malawi votes for historical amendment to irrevocably outlaw child marriage
One in two girls marry before the age of 18 in Malawi and are exposed to domestic and sexual violence.
DRC: UN demands 'independent' inquiry after 100 killed in clashes between army and militia
Concerns over high death toll and disproportionate use of force against Kamuina Nsapu militia in Kasai.
The Left want to think our troops are barbarians - that's why false Iraq war claims were believed
Soldiers' lives were ruined and Britons were put at risk by Phil Shiner's vexatious claims about our armed forces.
The abandoned swimming pool in Greece where migrants are forced to live
The men are cold, hungry and speak of police beatings - but are in search of a better life in Europe.
Central African Republic: Fighting intensifies between rival factions near Bambari
The predominantly Muslim Seleka rebellion splintered into several movements over leadership rivalries.
Aleppo's 7-year-old Twitter girl asks Trump: Have you ever gone hungry for 24 hours?
Bana Alabed and her family now live in Turkey after being evacuated from eastern Aleppo in December 2016.
Crash of two military helicopters in DRC raises fears of possible M23 rebels revival
Four dead and five injured in what military sources say was a crash while chasing fighters from the former rebel group.
Donald Trump wants to bring torture back – this is what its brutal reality means for victims
Trump said "we're not playing on an even field" with Isis and believes torture like waterboarding works.
China pumps money into Congo-Brazzaville oil industry hub despite alleged rights abuses
Critics accuse China of turning a blind eye to rampant rights abuses in the central African nation.
Make packing arrangements, North Korea tells Obama in final parting shot
Outgoing president accused of creating the 'worst human rights situation' in US history in a commentary.
Whole-life sentences: European court confirms right of UK courts to impose 'life means life' terms
European Court of Human Rights finds against triple murderer Arthur Hutchinson.
EU vows judicial cooperation with Philippines, but trade perks conditional on human rights situation
EU envoy to the Philippines Franz Jessen said the bloc is also working to assist the country's anti-drug campaign.
Guantánamo Bay will go down as a major failure in Obama's legacy as president
Prisoners have been transferred but seldom freed.
CAR war criminals are roaming free amid impunity on 'staggering scale' says Amnesty
Non-existent justice system is undermining efforts to rebuild CAR and create a sustainable peace, says rights group.
Norway to appeal against court ruling on mass murderer Anders Breivik's 'degrading' treatment in prison
Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, complained of ill-treatment in jail.
Nobel laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu call on Barack Obama to bring justice to Chagos Islands
For 50 years, UK denied the right of return to resettle for Chagos people it forcibly deported in 1971.
Hacker Samaritan launches Security Without Borders to protect vulnerable activists
The website also aims to bring together the hacker community to help foster enhanced community volunteering.
Women set to march on Washington after Trump's inauguration
Organisers say demonstration is in response to the rhetoric of race for Oval Office.
3 out of 5 Americans are idiots, Duterte says reacting to US' threats of blocking aid to Philippines
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said that Americans should just 'shut up'.
Taliban militants publicly execute mother-of-two for divorcing her husband in Afghanistan
Afghan Islamists killed the woman in the northwestern province of Badghis.
UK and US defence chiefs say 'brutal' Bashar al-Assad has no future in Syria
Sir Michael Fallon and Ash Carter again called for a political settlement to stop civil war.
Peter Tatchell defends Syria protest and calls for talks with Jeremy Corbyn
Human rights campaigner told IBTimes UK that the demonstration put the issue on the public agenda.
Corbyn needs to quit the double standards and call out the crimes of Assad and Putin
Supposed anti-war activists fail to respond to bloodshed which doesn't sit with their anti-American worldview.
How a Rwandan former child soldier found a new life with Emma Thompson
Tindyebwa Agaba, who came to the UK as a refugee from Rwanda, tells IBTimes UK his story.