Jean-Claude Roger Mbede and 12 other people in Cameroon have been arrested since March 2011 for allegedly practising homosexuality.

Abukar Hasan Mohamud Kadaf is the third journalist to be killed in Mogadishu in just two months.

Bombings by Malian government forces in the north of the country are killing civilians in violation of international humanitarian law.

Malawi's former Attorney General, who is critical of the current government, has been returned to prison despite a court order to release him on bail.

Fighting in northern Mali has left dozens dead and caused thousands of refugees to flee to neighbouring countries.

Talks are under way at the UN to agree a comprehensive treaty to regulate the global arms trade, due to be finalized later this year.

Chadian authorities forcibly evicted more than 670 people from their homes to make way for a hotel in the capital N'Djamena.

At least one man was killed on Tuesday when a police car ploughed into a group of anti-Wade protesters in Place de l’Obélisque in the capital, Dakar.

The international community must call on the Somali authorities to end impunity after the latest killing of a reporter in Mogadishu.