Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence

Post-election violence has tarnished the country’s reputation for stability, and the crackdown may have backfired on the government, as officials in Washington call for a re-examination of U.S. ties.

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Senator Accuses Kenya of Neglecting Children Trapped in Saudi Arabia

The comments, by a member of Kenya’s ruling party, represent a rebuke of President William Ruto’s government: “Heads must roll.”

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Bangladesh Court Sentences Former Leader Sheikh Hasina to Death

The former prime minister, who fled to India last year, was tried in absentia for ordering the use of lethal weapons during the uprising that drove her from power.

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Women Describe Horrors They Endured in Assad’s Prisons

Under the Syrian dictator’s rule, the wives and children of rebels were seized as leverage. Some are now speaking about their trauma.

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Atrocities in Sudan Require World’s Attention, U.N. Says

The United Nations’ top human rights body ordered an inquiry into mass killings and sexual violence during the country’s worsening civil war.

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A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy

Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.

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Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia

A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.

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Prison Guards Shaved His Dreadlocks. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue.

Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money.

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Why Children of Unmarried Mothers Are Stranded in Saudi Arabia

We pieced together the details, from Riyadh to Nairobi.

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Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia

A Times investigation found that children are routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education. Diplomats and police officers turned the mothers away.

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