The security situation in the Sahel continues to deteriorate, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, explaining that indiscriminate terrorist violence “means thousands of innocent civilians are suffering, and millions of others ar…

International human rights groups have called for urgent global pressure on Iran to stop handing death sentences to jailed antigovernment protesters and to refrain from executing any of the detainees.Iran’s judiciary has said five people detained in th…

Botswana said it’s seen a dramatic drop in rhinoceros poaching this year after taking greater steps to protect its shrinking rhino population.The significant decline was revealed in a report presented this week at a conference on CITES – the Convention…