Extreme poverty remains one of the world rsquo;s biggest challenges. According to the United Nations, 767 million people live in extreme poverty around the world. Although world society has managed to lift nearly 1 billion people out of extreme poverty ndash; in 1999 it was estimated that 1.7 billion wereaffected by extreme poverty ndash; the ...

Luanda (AFP) - Angola's election commission on Monday rejected accusations of irregularities in last month's vote which saw the MPLA party, which has ruled since 1975, retain power. Four defeated opposition parties complained that the August 23 election was conducted incorrectly, with ballot boxes and voter forms allegedly disappearing. Elect ...

Geneva (AFP) - UN investigators on Monday accused Burundi's government of crimes against humanity, including executions and torture, and urged the International Criminal Court to open a case as soon as possible . The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi said it had reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been ...

Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) - Burundi has since April 2015 been rocked by a deadly political crisis born of President Pierre Nkurunziza's divisive bid for a third term, which he secured in July of that year. Between 500 and 2,000 people have been killed in the violence, according to sources such as the United Nations and non-governmental organisat ...

Geneva (AFP) - UN investigators on Monday accused Burundi's government of crimes against humanity, including executions and torture, and urged the International Criminal Court to open a case as soon as possible . The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi said it had reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been ...

Geneva (AFP) - UN investigators on Monday accused Burundi's government of crimes against humanity, including executions and torture, and urged the International Criminal Court to open a case as soon as possible . The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi said it had reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been ...

Xiamen (China) (AFP) - Leaders of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies said Monday they strongly deplore North Korea's latest nuclear test and hydrogen-bomb claim, which has overshadowed the five-nation group's annual summit. Their joint statement from the summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen added to world condemnation of North Korea, whi ...

Xiamen (China) (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday opened an annual summit of BRICS leaders meant to underline Beijing's claim to developing-world leadership, but which has been upstaged by North Korea's latest nuclear test. The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- gathered in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiam ...