Two police officers in Kenya have been hacked to death by unidentified attackers before polling stations opened, says a government official.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un is said to have declared that he hoped Dennis Rodman’s visit would break the ice between the US and North Korea.
Hessel, resistance fighter, diplomat, writer of ‘Time for Outrage!’ and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has died.
NGOs have warned that the new plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo fails to tackle the root cause of the country’s conflicts.
Tunisia’s Hamadi Jebali has stepped down after failing to appoint a new government, while the country’s credit rating has been downgraded again.
Playwright and activist Eve Ensler explains One Billion Rising, a global day of action – and dancing – in protest against violence against women.
Peter Turkson has responded to speculation that he could be chosen to succeed Benedict XVI, saying he’ll take on the role ‘if it’s the will of God’.
Dictatorships have been brought down in North Africa, but struggles for power have left a vacuum that has allowed the rise of an extremist movement.
The country’s finance minister has announced that $217 is all that remains in the public account of the Zimbabwean government.
Rebels have recovered at least 108 bodies from a canal in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Syria and say more are yet to be dragged from the water.