Chemical weapons inspectors will examine two new sites in Libya containing possible chemical weapons stockpiles the former regime tried to hide.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court plans to ask judges to open an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in Côte d’Ivoire.

The deeply divided UN Security Council failed to agree on a European and US-backed statement condemning Syrian violence against peaceful protesters.

The African Union asked the UN Security Council on Friday to delay for a year the prosecution of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.

Rwanda’s foreign minister on Monday vehemently denied the government was involved in three recent high-profile attacks on opponents.

US ambassador Susan Rice warned on Thursday that "blatant disregard" of a UN arms embargo in Darfur are undermining peace efforts.

Somalia is moving "from a failed state to a fragile state" but the government urgently needs financial and diplomatic support, a top UN envoy says.

The United States has moved to speed deployment of a multinational force to war-ravaged Liberia, but said it will not lead the military operation.