SUDAN

A new report says children are being abducted from their homes and forced into fighting with the rebels in South Sudan.

The judge urged prosecutors to consider charging the South African government following an investigation into why officials defied legal orders.

The damning report was made worse by the fact that the U.N. provided assistance to only 12 percent of the victims of sexual offenses.

According to leaked documents available through WikiLeaks, Iran shipped nuclear equipment including centrifuges to Sudan in 2012.

The summit, dominated by male leaders, largely ignored discussions on ensuring gender parity in the security, economic, political and health sectors.

The disease has so far killed 18 people and new reports of the infection's spread are coming from "almost all directions."

The measles outbreak in Sudan is the country's biggest one in years, and it has mostly affected children under 15.

"The only surprise is that there is anyone surprised by the outcome," said J. Peter Pham, an expert on Africa.

At least 129 children were killed in fighting in May, while several others were raped or castrated, Unicef says.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir can still be arrested anywhere and by anyone -- but the will to do so is lacking.

Besides an arrest warrant from the U.N.-backed International Criminal Court, a South African court also has issued an arrest warrant for him.

A South African court ordered Omar al-Bashir not to leave the country because of an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

The UN warned that violent attacks on international peacekeepers and civilians in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region have been increasing while tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee the fighting.

The decision to exclude Israel, despite a draft recommendation from a high-ranking U.N. official, was reportedly made under "intense pressure" from Washington and Tel Aviv.

Opposition leaders in the Sudan Call alliance were invited to attend a meeting with the European Union Parliament in Strasbourg.

As well-armed criminal groups kill Africa’s elephants at an alarming rate, anti-poaching groups are becoming “militarized” in response.

Once Mozambique’s new laws go into effect, there will still be 35 African countries that deem homosexuality a criminal act.

Hundreds of LGBT people have been killed in violent attacks since 2011 despite continued efforts to protect their rights, a U.N. report says.

Some jihadist groups in West Africa are putting their hands on heavy weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles.

"Today's news is further evidence that President Obama seems more interested in capitulating to our adversaries than in confronting them," Bush said.

The long-awaited move is the latest development in ongoing diplomatic talks between the two nations.