Refugees struggle with EU asylum 'lottery' – report
Twelve years after committing to unify asylum policies, the EU is still far from achieving its goal and the chances of being given refugee status vary wildly from country to country, says the European Council on Refugees and Exile
Kenya votes to quit global court, days before deputy president's trial
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto are accused of orchestrating violence after elections in 2007 in which about 1,200 people were killed in ethnic blood-letting that plunged Kenya into crisis
Kenya votes to quit global court before deputy president's trial
KENYA-ICC/PROSECUTOR (UPDATE 5):UPDATE 5-Kenya votes to quit global court before deputy president's trial
Presidents stand during a photo opportunity before the start of the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Kampala
Presidents (from L) Salvar Kiir of South Sudan, Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda stand during a photo opportunity before the start of the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Kampala September 5, 2013. ICGLR members states condemned the resumption of hostility in eastern Congo and ordered the resumption of peace talks between M23 rebels and the Congo government to start in three days in Kampala. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete and his South Sudan counterpart Salvar Kiir chart during the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region head of states emergency summit in Uganda
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete (R) and his South Sudan counterpart Salvar Kiir chat during the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Kampala September 5, 2013. ICGLR members states condemned the resumption of hostility in eastern Congo and ordered the resumption of peace talks between M23 rebels and the Congo government to start in three days in Kampala. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete gestures during the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Uganda's capital Kampala
Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete gestures during the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Uganda's capital Kampala September 5, 2013. ICGLR members states condemned the resumption of hostility in eastern Congo and ordered the resumption of peace talks between M23 rebels and the Congo government to start in three days in Kampala. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila signs the Kampala communique during the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Uganda's capital Kampala
The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila signs the Kampala communique during the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) head of states emergency summit in Uganda's capital Kampala September 5, 2013. ICGLR members states condemned the resumption of hostility in eastern Congo and ordered the resumption of peace talks between M23 rebels and the Congo government to start in three days in Kampala. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)