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UN urges Nigerian government to find citizens abducted by Boko Haram
The United Nations and African human rights experts urged the Nigerian government to "escalate efforts" to locate and rescue people abducted by Boko Haram. The experts also implored the governments to keep those whose family members have been abdu (More) |
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Sudan signs UN action plan protecting children from military recruitment
Sudan's State Minister of Social Welfare on Sunday signed a United Nations (UN) action plan that will establish new measures to protect children from armed conflict. Under the new agreement, Sudan's national security forces will put an end to chi (More) |
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UN rights expert: caste systems violate rights of millions worldwide
Rita Izsāk-Ndiaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, said Monday that at least 250 million people worldwide face "appalling and dehumanizing" discrimination based on caste and similar systems of "inherited" status. Presenting a report t (More) |
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UN Commission: Civilians paying the biggest price in Syria conflict
The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic reported that the Syrian conflict has had an unyielding effect on civilians as it enters in its sixth year. A concerted and sustained international action to find a political solution is nee (More) |
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Nigerian army sets up office to handle human rights violations
The Nigerian army on Saturday set up a human rights office at its headquarters in the capital city of Abuja in order to continue training officers about respecting rights of citizens. This comes in light of the country's ongoing battle against the i (More) |
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UN envoy: conflicts in 2015 have taken 'huge toll' on children
Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict released her annual report on Monday on the situation of children in conflict zones from December 2014 to 2015. She reports that children worldwide cont (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Nigeria to ensure safety of liberated areas
UN human rights experts urged the Nigerian government Friday to guarantee the safety of areas liberated from Boko Haram. The UN experts expressed concern for the safety of internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning home to these areas after a ser (More) |
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Amnesty condemns reinstatement of Nigeria general accused of war crimes
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday condemned the reinstatement of Nigeria's senior military general, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, who is alleged to have actively participated in the mass murder of hundreds of detainees at the Giwa barracks dete (More) |
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Nigeria sharia court sentences 10 to death for blasphemy
A sharia high court in Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced cleric Abdulaziz Dauda and nine others to death by hanging for committing blasphemy against the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. The prosecution claimed that Duada, a preacher also known as Abdul Inyass (More) |
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UN SG condemns Boko Haram for Chad attacks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Boko Haram on Sunday for the group's alleged involvement in a triple suicide attack on the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad Saturday that left more than 30 dead and injured over 130. The attack [Al (More) |
Iraq negotiated independence from Britain under treaty
On December 14, 1927, Iraqi and British officials agreed to a new treaty under which Britain would recognize the independence of Iraq and promised to support its admission into the League of Nations in 1932.
In return, Iraq granted the British three new airbases in Iraq and agreed that British officers should train the Iraqi army. Learn more about Iraq's British heritage.
