The home affairs department says the process of documenting more than 250 000 Zimbabweans living in South Africa has almost been completed.

If someone was convicted of murder but later granted amnesty for their action, does that mean we should no longer call him or her a murderer?

A top Nigerian presidential aide said on Tuesday he was confident key senior rebel leaders would soon hand over their weapons in return for clemency.

Key rebel leaders in the Niger Delta have urged the government to push back its October 4 amnesty deadline by three months to allow for peace talks.

An amnesty programme in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta risks failing if the government does not back up its offer with serious peace talks.

A top Nigerian militant who has held talks with the government about laying down arms took out a full-page advert on Wednesday detailing demands.

A top Nigerian militant has indicated he may accept a government pardon and lay down arms, the defence minister said on Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of victims of a brutal 20-year insurgency in northern Uganda remain destitute and traumatised, Amnesty International says.

SA has violated its obligations under international law in its treatment of refugees at the Glenanda displacement camp, Amnesty International says.

Soldiers, insurgents and bandits are routinely attacking Somalian civilians, carrying out murder, rape, and robbery on villagers, and destroying entire districts, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Gang rape and throat cutting -- referred to locally as "killing like goats" -- is prevalent.