Genocide Emergency: CAR October 2021
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for the Central African Republic (CAR). Central African refugee camp in Ndu on the...
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Rape as an Act of Genocide
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US, EU warn of influx of Eritrean troops in Tigray
By Giulia Paravicini LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The United States and European Union are raising alarm over the recent deployment of...
‘My Blood Is Boiling’: War Fever surges, Ethiopia
By Abdi Latif Dahir A government drive to enlist civilians in the war effort threatens to widen the conflict, forcing ethnic groups to...
TIgray forces struck alliance with Oromo militants
By CARA ANNA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A militant leader in Ethiopia says his group has struck a military alliance with the Tigray forces now...
Ethiopian forces: systematic rape in Tigray
Forces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence. Rape and sexual slavery constitute...
CAR: UN report calls for end to mounting abuses
GENEVA / BANGUI (4 August 2021) -- A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year...
Violence and Abuse Wreak Havoc in CAR
By Lisa Schlein GENEVA - A human rights lawyer appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council reported to the body Friday that the...
West and Russia clash over Russian mercenaries in CAR
By Edith M. Lederer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Britain and France accused Russian mercenaries on Wednesday of operating...
Genocidal Rape in Tigray, Ethiopia
Don’t Turn Away From These Images and These Crimes Rahel, a rape survivor in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Credit...Lynsey Addario Meet...
Portland protest march calls attention to plight of Congolese minority
More than 300 Banyamulenge have resettled in Maine after fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Published by Portland Press Herald...
ISIS committed genocide against Yazidis & Shia: UN investigation
Experts say they established convincing evidence that ISIS committed genocide ‘against the Yazidi as a religious group’. Evidence...
Former LRA leader, ex-child soldier, Dominic Ongwen sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment
A former leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, who himself had been abducted by the rebel group as a child, was sentenced...
Victims renew calls for justice as El Mozote trial moves ahead
Recent hearings reveal new details about 1981 massacre of civilians in northeast El Salvador during country’s civil war. By Anna-Cat...
Eritrean Troops Continue to Commit Atrocities in Tigray, U.N. Says
Despite a promise to leave, Eritrea’s troops remain in northern Ethiopia, aiding the Ethiopian government campaign there, a senior U.N....
Appeal by ‘Terminator’ at ICC fails, judges confirm Ntaganda’s 30 year sentence
An appeal by former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda was dismissed by the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, upholding a...
'They Told Us Not to Resist’: Sexual Violence Pervades Ethiopia’s War
Rape is being used as a weapon as fighting rages in remote parts of Tigray region. “Even if we had shouted,” one woman said, “there was...