The UK signed the convention in 2012 but it has yet to ratify it.
Many among the Buddhist majority in Myanmar view its 1.1 million Rohingya as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
Nigerian security forces often accused of violence against unarmed protesters calling for Biafra breakaway.
Surgeon Kenneth Elliott and wife Jocelyn were taken hostage by AQIM in January 2016.
East African Community-led talks have failed to end crisis that has left 1,000 dead and 20,000 missing.
Myanmar's armed forces are allegedly killing men and children, raping women and burning villages.
Sanaa, 16, and Hajar, 17, appear in court today after they were allegedly caught kissing and hugging.
Worldwide, 200 million girls undergo FGM, and one in three women experience sexual or physical violence.
Nigerian army reacts to Amnesty's claims of violence against supporters of independence of Biafran territories.
President Museveni ordered the closure of Makerere University on 1 November on 'security' grounds.
The lewd comments about a political rival are 'trivialising sexual abuse', Human Rights Watch said.
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was one of the first world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump
The president-elect's latest self-contradiction is the 15th in just as many days.
"We come in peace, but make no mistake - we are coming in full effect, & we are coming to stand with you."
Hungary is building a second 'intelligent' fence equipped with heat and motion sensors and night-vision cameras along its border with Serbia.
Politician Raphael Katebe Katoto tells IBTImes UK Congolese will not accept new transition government.
Church accuses exiled Presidential hopeful Thomas Nahimana of 'genocide crimes' in 1994.
Army veterans have long suported Mugabe but they published a shock document describing him as 'dictatorial'.
Critics have called the structure around Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp an 'apartheid' wall.
A temporary measure absolving abortion – initially introduced in 2016 – will now be made permanent.
Zimbabwe People First leader launches attack against president, saying 'I am the bridge towards a better future'.
A dozen voice recorders handed out in Timbuktu in Mali as Islamist groups continue to operate.
Sentencing based largely on "tainted" confessions written in Arabic, instead of their mother tongue of French.
Around 3,000 women gathered in Istanbul's Kadiroy square demanding the proposal be scrapped.
Any attempt to reinstate the interrogation technique will be challenged in courts, says the Republican senator.
The new administration leaves an uncertain future for the 1.4 million Americans who identify as trans.
Mauritania government face calls from Islamist groups for Mohamed Cheikh Ould M'khaitir's execution.
The images were captured as part of an investigation into 5,000 miners illegally operating in the tribe's territory.
Attack on activists was 'clearly an act of intimidation to try and thwart the demonstration today'.
IBTimes UK speaks to activists about the attack on Patson Dzamara, Ishmael Kauzani and Sten Zvorwadza.