Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Thursday the aircraft will be supported by as many as 25 Canadian Armed Forces personnel. Continue reading →

Both Sudan and South Sudan claim ownership of the oil-rich Abyei area. Continue reading →

With 19,000 children associated with armed groups, South Sudan has one of the world’s highest rates of child soldiers, according to the UN Continue reading →

Ten-thousand dollars, 500 cows and three cars: that was the winning bid for a South Sudanese child bride who was auctioned off into marriage by her father — on Facebook. Continue reading →

JHR is training journalists in the world’s newest country: South Sudan. Continue reading →

Anisa, a radio station in South Sudan, is using Journalists for Human Rights training to report on local human rights issues. Continue reading →

“The plane crashed and killed 17 people and we have three survivors,” Abel told Reuters by phone from Yirol. The plane carried a total of 22 people and two were still missing. Continue reading →

Israel has defended the killing of 15 Palestinians during Friday’s demonstration. Continue reading →

It is the first use of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, the so-called Magnitsky law which won final approval in Parliament two weeks ago. Continue reading →

When journalist Maura Ajak entered the room full of survivors of a vicious Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) gang rape, her stomach dropped. Here is what she did. Continue reading →