The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the ongoing offensive by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and urging the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF), which supports the rebel group, to withdraw immediately from Congolese territory. According to the UN, fighting in the DRC has intensified since [...]

Liberian President Joseph Boakai announced more than 450 suspended top government officials on Thursday, including ministers, for failing to declare their assets to the anti-corruption agency, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC). According to the presidency, the suspended officials will be put on unpaid leave for a month until they make the necessary declarations. Under Article 90(c) of [...]

Thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday in the German city of Neu-Isenburg to protest the country’s far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD). The protests delayed the party’s election campaign event at the city hall, known as the Hugenottenhalle. The party event, titled “Mega-Veranstaltung mit Alice Weidel” (Mega-Event with Alice Weidel), was a campaign rally for [...]

Thousands gathered on Saturday in the German city of Riesa to protest against the conference of the country’s far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD). The start of the AfD’s party conference, which is expected to last for three days, was delayed for two hours. The AfD’s party conference, titled “Time for Germany,” is a key [...]

The citizens of Magdeburg, the capital city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt, gathered on Saturday to mourn the victims of the attack on the Christmas market, which killed five and injured 200. The attack happened on Friday when a man drove a vehicle into the crowd at the Magdeburg Christmas Market. The police arrested the [...]

Venezuela on Saturday released 107 protesters who were detained for demonstrations over the presidential election in July, according to Alfredo Romero, director of the local rights group Foro Penal. According to the group, 50 people were freed from the Tocorón prison in the state of Aragua and dozens more from at least three other prisons. [...]

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi denied US charges Saturday alleging Iran’s involvement in a plot to assassinate president-elect Donald Trump before the US presidential election. According to the charges announced by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, Iranian national Farhad Shakeri, 51, was tasked by the Iranian government with surveilling and plotting [...]

The Viasna Human Rights Centre, one of the oldest human rights groups in Belarus, reported on Friday that political prisoner Dmitriy Schlethauer died on October 11, less than one month after being transferred to the penal colony at Mogilev in the east of the country. The cause of death is unknown. According to Viasna, a [...]

The national police force of Bolivia announced that they had arrested 44 protesters on Friday, after demonstrators set up more than 20 roadblocks on highways across the country to prevent the arrest of former president Evo Morales. The Bolivian police accused protestors of committing various crimes, including attacks on transportation security, usurpation of functions, criminal [...]

UN agencies and NGOs expressed deep concern over the referral of humanitarian personnel to criminal prosecution by the Houthi authorities in Yemen, according to a joint statement on Saturday. They called for the immediate and urgent release of the workers. “The targeting of humanitarians in Yemen – including arbitrary detention, intimidation, mistreatment, and false allegations–must [...]