This weekend saw a renewed eruption of clashes between the South Sudanese government and opposition forces, with reports of over 100 dead according to UN peacekeepers.
The White house this evening, warned Russia to keep its troops out of Ukrain, amidst roumours that Moscow may step in with military force following the ousting of the Ukrainian president.
North Korea has rejected the findings on a UN HRC Commission of Inquiry, which found that crimes against humanity had been committed and called for criminal investigations to be initiated.
The North Korean foreign ministry stated that the report was,
The Ukrainian opposition has taken control of the Presidential Palace in Kiev, forcing besieged President Yanukovych to flee the capital, according to the latest reports.
The BBC reported that Yanukovych has refused to resign, describing the events as "vandalism, banditry and a coup".
A historic day in Ukrainian parliament, saw a parliamentary vote impeach President Viktor Yanukovych of his powers and order the release of the imprisoned former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
Speaking to the protestors after being released from prison this evening, the former Prime Minister, Tymoshenko, said,
Ukraine’s opposition leaders, today, signed an EU-mediated peace deal with president Viktor Yanukovich, in an attempt to resolve the political conflict that had resulted in the loss of dozens of lives.
The Financial Times has called on the European Union to put in place a “tough sanctions package” on leading members of the Ukranian government, as EU ministers and foreign policy envoy Catherine Ashton are set to meet later today.
A draft ministerial European Union (EU) statement prepared for a meeting on the deteriorating situation in Ukraine, called for ‘targeted measures against individuals, including an arms embargo and a ban on equipment for internal repression.
The draft statement, prepared for a meeting later today, read,
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych, announced that he had reached a truce with opposition leaders in attempts to stop violence that led to the loss of 26 lives this week.
Yanukovych outlined that negotiations would form the first point of action to end the escalating bloodshed of the last two days
Over 150 people have been reportedly killed in Nigeria this week, after attacks a spate of attacks in the country’s North-East attributed to Islamist organisation Boko Haram.
A former mayor has been handed down a 14 year jail sentence, after being found guilty of aiding genocide in a landmark trial in Germany.
56-year-old Onesphore Rwabukombe was sentenced in a Frankfurt court, after being found guilty of organising a massacre in a church that left as many as 1,200 people dead, during the 1994 genocide.
Violence broke out in an Australian immigration detention centre located on a Papua New Guinean (PNG) island today, leaving one asylum seeker dead and 77 injured after 2 consecutive nights of violence.
The injuries allegedly occurred after detainees protested and broke out of the internment camps to face a strong backlash security forces.
