SAINT ETIENNE, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - A supporter of French first division side Saint Etienne was jailed for a month Tuesday for violence against Belgian football fans during a gala match last weekend, a judicial source said.

The 22-year-old man, a member of the ultra Magic Fans supporters group, was also barred from sporting events for two years.

GENEVA, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Racist murders and violent assaults are rising in Russia and nationalist rhetoric by senior politicians is helping to fan the flames of xenophobia, a group of Russian rights groups said Monday.

JOHANNESBURG, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - South Africa is to close camps set up around Johannesburg and Cape Town for thousands of foreigners displaced in May anti-immigrant attacks, officials said Friday.

HARARE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Zimbabwean opposition politicians have accused hardline backers of President Robert Mugabe of harassment and attacks against them and others in the country's east, a rights group said Friday.

BRUSSELS, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel expressed concern Thursday about ongoing violence and aid restrictions in Zimbabwe, ahead of key power-sharing talks this weekend.

KRUGERSDORP, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - 'It's chaos!' laments young Placide from DR Congo, a victim of anti-immigrant violence that swept through South Africa in May, killing at least 62 people.

Burning with a desire to return home, Placide feels weakened and traumatised, uncertain where he will be staying when his dream comes true.

KINSHASA, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to face widespread attacks, sexual violence, looting and forced labour six months after the signing of a ceasefire agreement, human rights groups said Tuesday.

OSLO, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - A video that appears to show last week's attack on a Norwegian asylum centre has been posted on YouTube and could be used as evidence against the perpetrators, Norwegian police said on Tuesday.

BOGOTA, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Colombian police said Monday they had arrested five football fans on suspicion of beating to death a rival supporter who got on their bus by mistake after a match in Bogota.

Police said fans of America, who had just defeated Independiente Santa Fe 2-1, got on the Santa Fe supporters' bus believing it was their own bus.

BUDAPEST, July 27, 2008 (AFP) - At least 10 people were injured Saturday when supporters of Budapest football club Honved clashed with fans of Austria's Sturm Graz during a match in the Hungarian capital.