German industry leaders have called for asylum seekers to be allowed to work, reports the Telegraph.

Legislation in Germany currently prohibits asylum seekers from working whilst their application is being processed.

Kenyan security forces were too slow to respond to attacks on villages and beat Muslims and ethnic Somalis in police custody, found Human Rights Watch,

The Kenya Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the government to increase its oversight of police and military investigations.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has landed in Khartoum, unhindered by South African authorities, despite a high court order preventing his departure.

Mr Bashir, prevented from leaving South Africa on Sunday due to the charges of war crimes and genocide he faces at the International Criminal Court.

An ICC official said the failure to arrest the president was "disappointing".

The Israeli government has released  report concluding that action taken in the Gaza Strip last summer was "lawful" and "legitimate", ahead of a forthcoming United Nations report on the conflict.

The Israeli report largely blames Palestinian militants – namely Hamas – for violations of international law, stating that action taken by Israeli troops was an “imperative necessity”.

The ICC president Sidiki Kaba in a statement acknowledging South Africa’s contribution to “strengthening the Court,” called on the government to “spare no effort in ensuring the execution of arrest warrants.”

A judge is expected to hear an application calling for the arrest of President Bashir on Monday.

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party responded to the court order, alleging that the ICC was targeting African nations.

An attack by Colombia’s Farc militants has left three police officers dead and hundreds of thousands of Colombians without power.

President Juan Manuel Santos ordered bombing raids on rebel positions, which were halted due to ongoing negotiations, aimed at ending the decades-long conflict.

The southern region of Caqueta, home to almost 500,000 people, was plunged into darkness after the militants brought down an electric pylon.

The Israeli military cleared itself of responsibility for a missile attack that killed four children on Gaza beach last summer, reports the Guardian.

The Israeli advocate general’s office concluded that the deaths were a “tragic accident.” Israel’s military spokesperson Peter Lerner, said that the strike had targeted a Hamas compound belonging to Hamas naval forces.

A meeting at the White House, between Susan Rice and General Fan Changlong, discussed methods of minimising disagreements on maritime and cyber security issues,