The Kenyan government’s plan to close the world’s largest refugee camp violates international law and is unconstitutional, a Kenyan rights watchdog said Monday, asking a court to intervene. Nairobi vowed last month to shut down the sprawling Dadaab camp on the Kenya-Somalia border, home to about 350 000 people, on …

About 50 000 people have fled a town in Niger’s troubled southeast after deadly attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The attacks began Friday against a military post in Bosso in Niger’s Diffa region, killing 26 soldiers including two from neighbouring Nigeria. “An estimated 50 …

Republic of Congo soldiers killed at least 18 people, including women and children, while serving as African Union and United Nations peacekeepers in Central African Republic between December 2013 and June 2015, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The group urged the Republic of Congo to investigate the crimes and …