In the rarely visited town of Gedeb, fears are rife over state plans to return 150 000 people to areas they fled because of ethnic violence.

Thousands of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to Zambia after violent inter-ethnic clashes and fighting between security forces

Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group has been subjected to torture and gang rape for perceived opposition to government, according to an Amnesty report.

The Jewish state is under fire for its stance on African asylum seekers and support of human rights abusers.

Kyrgyzstan’s acting leader admitted the death toll from ethnic clashes is probably 2 000 — 10 times the current estimate.

Foreign aid deliveries trickled in on Thursday for tens of thousands displaced by the ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan.

The scale of violence and the increasing number of attacks on women and children in southern Sudan is causing increasing concern.

Sri Lanka security forces shot dead at least 26 Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.