The Latest Breaking News from HRW

In six months' time voters in Senegal will head to the polls to choose their next president. But observers say that government-imposed restrictions on social media, journalists and opposition parties are a sign that one of the strongest democracies in West Africa is in trouble.

The White House said the talks focused on efforts for a ‘more peaceful, secure, prosperous and stable Middle East’.

Research from Human Rights Watch released Tuesday shows that in many Middle East and North African countries women are still prevented from moving freely around the country they live in, or from travelling abroad. Most still need the permission of a male guardian.

Army representatives return to Saudi Arabia for talks with paramilitary rivals, according to reports.

New York-based rights group reports six attacks in the Gao region and two in Menaka between January and June.

Tunisia claims to have evacuated groups of refugees it had expelled to its border, but many remain.

Khartoum instead welcomes summit held by Egypt, widely seen as closer to the army than rival Rapid Support Forces.

Human Rights Watch is calling for the International Criminal Court to investigate attacks the rights group says amount to war crimes in West Darfur.

The US will send the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use