• Ukrainian parliament impeaches President

    Feb 21
    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 opposition signs peace deal with government
    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 deal calls for the following,
  • ‘The west must act firmly on Ukraine’ - Financial Times editorial

    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.

  • EU looks towards sanctioning Ukraine
    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,
  • South Sudan truce broken

    The ceasefire in South Sudan has been broken after clashes erupted between rebels and government forces in the city of Malakal.

    At least 10 people were killed in the fighting outside a UN compound which is currently sheltering civilians from different ethnic group.

  • Ukrainian president announces truce with the opposition
    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
  • Spate of attacks leave over 100 dead in Nigeria

    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.

  • Man sentenced in Germany’s first Rwandan genocide trial

    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.

  • Asylum seeker dies in Australian immigration camp
    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.
  • UN panel recommend ICC prosecution against North-Korean leadership
    North Korea’s leadership commits systematic and appalling human rights abuses on scales unparalleled in the modern world and crimes against humanity resembling those committed by the Nazis, a United Nations inquiry concluded today.

    The report recommended that the UN refer the situation in North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
  • EU to increase peace-keeping troop presence in CAR
    Several countries in the EU will deploy troops to the Central African Republic next month, to aid in the restoration of peace in the escalating ethnic violence.

    Outlining France's intention to add to the 2000 troops already in the region, a French official, Thierry Repentin, told French media,
  • Rwandan priest in UK accused of role in genocide

    A Rwandan priest living in the United Kingdom is being investigated by the Church of England, over allegations that he was a propagandist for the Rwandan government during the 1994 genocide.

    Jonathan Ruhumuliza, who had been appointed by St Mary and All Saints church in Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire in 2005, is also accused of collaborating with another Anglican bishop in sending Tutsis to their deaths.

  • Katanga judgement may prove an ’important milestone’
    As judges from the International Criminal Court prepare to deliver their ruling on the case of Germain Katanga, a man accused of crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the judgement may prove a milestone for international law and have a profound impact on future cases, reports Al Jazeera.
  • Anniversary of Bahrain uprising marked by clashes

    The third anniversary of the Bahraini anti-government protests has seen clashes between demonstrators and security forces.

    Troops attacked protestors with birdshot and teargas, with several left wounded.

    Amnesty International on Thursday condemned Bahrain's "relentless repression" of dissent and said it feared a violent crackdown.

  • UN panel finds crimes against humanity in N Korea

    A UN HRC Commission of Inquiry report will state that crimes against humanity have been committed in North Korea and will call for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation, says the Associated Press having seen a leaked report.

    A Commission of Inquiry, established by the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2013, gives,

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