From monster to minister: Is the past about to catch up with Liberia’s war criminals?
They got away with murder during years of bloodshed. Now, a proposed war crimes court is making hardened killers uneasy
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They got away with murder during years of bloodshed. Now, a proposed war crimes court is making hardened killers uneasy
At least 5,000 people were killed by Saddam Hussein’s atrocity. Decades later, thousands of victims are battling serious health problems
The poorest nation in the Americas is on the brink of famine as it battles the worst levels of food insecurity on record
Violent warfare has risen in recent years – and there are worrying signs that militarisation will increase, report finds
At least 80,000 people have been driven from their homes as ‘a massive escalation in insurgent violence’ returns to the Cabo Delgado region
The militants have claimed responsibility for the bomb, which was detonated on a police escort van aiding polio vaccinators
Israel’s enemies – those that have long said they want to kill her Jewish citizens – do not reside on the other side of the world
'We simply do not do emergency planning well and we generally lack resilience,' says Daniel Kaszeta, a former White House advisor
The landlocked West African nation has become a bulwark of EU policy to curb migration from Africa into Europe, which is now in jeopardy
Removal of country’s president completes a coast to coast corridor of African nations under military rule running across the Sahel region
Report shows 5.7 million people were forced to flee Ukraine last year – the quickest outflow of refugees anywhere since 1945
Junior doctors face a baptism of fire as they are forced to train in wartime medicine
A British doctor recounts the horrors he saw in Al-Aqsa hospital, the last hospital functioning in the central Gaza Strip
Zimbabwe becomes the latest country to eye abolition for a form of punishment many on the continent see as a colonial era legacy
Assets are frozen to limit the firms’ financial freedom, as the conflict-hit country teeters on the edge of humanitarian disaster
Acute hunger stalks the displaced and at least 25 million people are thought to need humanitarian assistance due to the conflict
Israeli authorities continuing to restrict distribution of so-called ‘dual-use’ items in Gaza Strip as humanitarian crisis continues
As a major humanitarian catastrophe unfolds, worst-case projections say the country could see 10,000 daily deaths in the coming months
Investigation shows officer signed a letter to Israel’s War Cabinet demanding a ‘siege’ of Gaza City