Asylum seekers file most claims in decade, UNHCR says
Nearly half a million people sought asylum in the developed world last year, with the sharpest rise in requests from Syrians fleeing war and persecution - UN
Central African Republic rebels end truce
Rebels accuse the government of reneging on a January peace deal, but say they will give regional mediators a chance to settle the dispute before they resume fighting
U.S. working for swift transfer of Congo warlord to ICC
Rwandan-born Ntaganda faces charges of recruiting child soldiers, murder, ethnic persecution, sexual slavery and rape during the 2002-3 conflict in northeastern Congo
UN arms embargoes don't work, arms treaty needed -rights group
Arms control campaigners and human rights advocates say one person every minute dies worldwide as a result of armed violence
Rwanda refuses visas for two U.N. Congo sanctions experts
Britain, France and the United States are among the countries that have urged Rwanda to cooperate with all six members of the expert panel