Several senior Congolese army officers have been arrested for responsibility for mass rapes committed by many army units in November 2012 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Exiled former coup leader Moussa Dadis Camara arrived in Guinea Saturday in the southern town of Nzerekore to attend the funeral of his mother, Guinean officials confirmed.
Sudan has supplied weapons and ammunition to rebels fighting neighboring South Sudan's government, says a report from the Small Arms Survey, an independent Swiss research group.
A dozen senior officers in the Congolese army have been arrested for responsibility for mass rapes committed by several army units in eastern Congo in November 2012, Congolese Justice Minister Wivine Mumba told The Associated Press Saturday.
An Egyptian judge has withdrawn from the new round of the trial of Egypt's former dictator Hosni Mubarak in a hearing that lasted for just seconds, referring the case to another court.
Lebanon has returned to Tunisia around USD 29 million of “looted assets” held by the family of ousted Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a Lebanese bank.
A new report reveals that senior Egyptian army doctors were ordered to operate without anesthetic on demonstrators who were wounded during protests against the military rule in 2012.
The death toll from clashes between Christians and Muslims in Egypt has climbed to at least nine people, after a 21-year-old Muslim succumbed to his injuries, the Health Ministry says.
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to call for national unity after recent deadly sectarian violence in the country.
