A United Nations report has accused the security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo of carrying out a wave of killings and arbitrary arrests during elections last year. The UN Joint Human Rights Office has documented the killing of 33 civilians in the capital Kinshasa. The Congolese justice minister rejected the findings.
A Vatican report into child abuse by clergy in Ireland has asked for forgiveness from the victims. The report says the scandals led to a loss of trust in the Catholic Church in Ireland and acknowledged with what it called "pain and shame" that young people had been abused by clerics. Mark Simpson reports.
Irish Catholic bishops were slow to respond to the child sex scandal in Ireland, but they are now adopting a more humble, remorseful tone. Today, they appealed for forgiveness from victims, and they called the catalogue of abuse "terrible crimes and sins". But the report into child protection in Ireland didn't recommend a radical overhaul of the Church, except proper procedures were now being implemented and simply called on bishops to ensure victims of abuse continued to receive full support.
A senior Libyan minister says Mauritania has agreed to extradite the former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi. Libya's Deputy Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur made the announcement following a meeting with the Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz. Mr Senussi, who was considered Colonel Gaddafi's right-hand man, was arrested last week and is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity during last year's uprising.