Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

Fighting in northern Mali has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and led to dozens of human rights violations.

Independent media in Sudan is facing continous harrassment from the authorities, with arrests of journalists and national newspapers seized.

Violent clashes in the North Kivu region of DR Congo have caused at least three deaths and prompted thousands of civilians to flee the area.

Today's Hague verdict for former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is a reminder that no high-ranking state official can evade justice.

Ghana's prisons are rundown, overcrowded and in need of urgent reform, a new Amnesty International report reveals.

A major oil spill in the Niger Delta was far worse than Shell previously admitted, a new independent assessment reveals.

At least eight key political figures and military officials in Mali have been arbitrarily detained by armed men, and are being held incommunicado.

Instead of putting an end to extrajudicial executions, the Nigeria Police Force is investigating a human rights official who spoke out on the issue.