At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. He's a teenager who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students in his family's backyard, where he runs classes for poor children from his village.

Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because illness or disability prevent them going to school. Standing in a classroom in Makang'wa primary school I tried to count the number of students. I reached 85 and then gave up

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Women who fled violence in Sudan's Darfur region are being regularly raped in refugee camps in neighboring Chad, despite the presence of U.N.-trained forces, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

New testimony from political prisoners released under a general amnesty in Burma last week underlines the systematic patterns of abuse and torture of political detainees. In an interview with exile media group Democratic Voice of Burma, former student...

KATHMANDU -- Dozens of Tibetan exiles were arrested in Nepal on Thursday as they tried to hold demonstrations on the 60th anniversary of Communist rule in China, police and witnesses said.

Darfuri refugee women and girls face high levels of rape and other violence on a daily basis both inside and outside refugee camps in eastern Chad, despite the presence of UN security forces, a new Amnesty International report revealed on Wednesday.

"This nation forgets everything. They forget about us victims. But I will never forget about what happened to me." - Sabiha, interviewed by Amnesty International

Chinese authorities have increased surveillance, harassment and imprisonment of activists ahead of the country's 60th anniversary on Thursday, Amnesty International has said.

Kenya's wildlife authorities seized raw ivory poached from at least 30 elephants as it was about to be loaded onto aircraft bound for Thailand, officials said on Wednesday.

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rescue teams struggled in heavy rain on Thursday to find people trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian city of Padang, possibly killing thousands.