January 12, 2017 Rogues Gallery? Human rights concerns raised in wake of US-Africa summit The high-profile U.S.-Africa summit held last week in Washington is raising concerns among advocacy groups, given the red-carpet treatment for leaders with troubling records and the summit's relatively minor focus on human rights.
January 12, 2017 Jungle horror: A survivor of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army tells his story Ocitti David was only 17 when he was abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army. He watched his father brutally murdered and his family taken away before enduring six months against his will as a child soldier for the brutal militant group.
January 12, 2017 Beheadings, imprisonment made 2015 worst year for Christian persecution, report finds A world watch list was recently released on the top 50 countries where Christians face the most severe persecution for their faith.
January 12, 2017 US families, Congolese orphans in limbo as African government halts adoptions Hundreds of orphans in the Republic of Congo have loving homes and willing parents waiting in America, yet remain stuck in orphanages because the African nation's government suddenly put a freeze on adoptions that in many cases had already been approved and paid for.
January 12, 2017 Morocco reportedly bans burqa over security fears In an apparent attempt to foster more moderate expressions of Islam, the African country of Morocco reportedly banned the burqa, the full-body veiled often used by conservative Muslim women.
January 12, 2017 Gold rush threatens to bring new era of genocide to war torn Darfur Impoverished tribes in war torn Darfur, the scene of decades of misery and genocide, now have one of the oldest reasons for fighting known to man: gold.
January 12, 2017 Growing presence in Cameroon raises fears Boko Haram cannot be contained to Nigeria Nigerian forces believe they are zeroing in on Boko Haram, but the Islamic terror group behind a wave of murders and abductions has long tentacles that reach into the Central African nation's neighbors.
January 12, 2017 Invisible Children soldiers on with KONY 2012 campaign as warlord is in hiding It’s been more than a year since the video “KONY 2012” went viral on the Internet and brought slacktivism into the public spotlight, but the group missed its goal of bringing murderous African warlord Joseph Kony to justice by the end of last year.
January 12, 2017 U.S. troops increasing efforts to help capture African warlord Joseph Kony U.S. Special Forces have ramped up their efforts to help track and locate notorious African warlord Joseph Kony in the nearly two years since an upstart NGO released a viral video campaign calling for his capture.
January 12, 2017 Silent death from above: Sudan steps up use of parachute bombs on people The people of war-torn Sudan learned long ago to take cover when planes roared above, but the latest tactic being used on them -- parachute bombs -- is raining silent death down on innocent villagers, say alarmed activists.