Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers…
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At least seven Syrian soldiers and 17 rebels were killed Friday as three Islamist groups battled to take a border crossing into Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Islamists included the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front. “Al-Nusra…
The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday condemned the killing of scores of villagers by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in…
As the world marks the 44th Anniversary of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Children, the attention of…
GENEVA, Switzerland, October 24, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — United Nations Special Rapporteur Najat Maalla M’jid will undertake a fact-finding…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 26, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination…