Media Coverage

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s ruling military to take the initiative in finding a way out of the country’s violent political crisis, including releasing political detainees, after a surprise meeting with the army leader who seized power two years ago. Ban met...

A team of United Nations experts has arrived in the United States on a tour that will focus on racial justice, law enforcement, and policing. On Monday, the Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement, an independent panel appointed by the UN human...

In Peru, a country of 33 million, 6 out of 10 women have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, and rates of femicide—broadly defined as the intentional, gender-motivated murder of women—are soaring. Since January, there have been 51 reported femicides in Peru, a figure likely to...

As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens to safety, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos, fearing that the country’s two rival generals will escalate their all-out battle for power once evacuations are completed. In dramatic evacuation...

Tunisian authorities have closed the headquarters of the opposition Ennahdha party, a day after leader Rached Ghannouchi was arrested, party officials have said. Ghannouchi, Ennahdha’s longtime leader, was arrested at his home in the capital, Tunis, late on Monday, the latest in a string of...

Switzerland’s attorney general has filed an indictment against The Gambia’s former interior minister for crimes against humanity committed under former authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Ousman Sonko is accused of having supported, participated in, and failed to...

The human rights organization Amnesty International has warned that the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo is deepening repression in the Central American state. In a report released on Tuesday, the organization stated that the government has engaged...

Terrified Sudanese who have been trapped for days in their homes by fighting in the capital of Khartoum fled on Wednesday, hauling out whatever belongings they could carry and trying to get out of the city, as the military and its paramilitary rival made a new attempt at a 24-hour ceasefire after a...

Algeria’s parliament has approved a new media law that tightens control over the work of journalists and imposes new restrictions. While the government said the law is key to ensuring the free exercise of media activity under legal controls, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the law included...

A major prisoner swap between warring sides in Yemen is under way, seen as part of stepped-up efforts to end the devastating eight-year conflict there. Red Cross officials said 318 prisoners had been flown on four flights between the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, and government-held Aden. About 900...