I am aware of the public sentiments, for and against the reported action taken against the owner of Freedom FM regarding the critical broadcast of the station about the Army and its Chief of Staff. Permit me not to restate that commentary, but the reported mistreatment of the station’s owner by the joint security is […]
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Facebook owner Meta has contributed to serious human rights abuses against Ethiopia’s Tigrayan community, Amnesty International said in a new report published today (31 October). The 64-page report, “A death sentence for my father: Meta’s contribution to human rights abuses in northern Ethiopia”, shows how the tech giant failed to curb the spread of content […]
Authoritarianism is on the rise, coups back in fashion, and elections reduced to a perfunctory ritual. How do we reverse the slide? Liberal democracy is losing steam. With the recent coup in Gabon, Africa celebrated the ignoble milestone of 109 successful coups on the continent. A third of Europeans are voting for populist, anti-establishment parties […]
UN Security Council Should Act to Protect Civilians, Punish Abusive RSF Commanders The Rapid Support Forces killed hundreds of civilians in West Darfur in early November 2023. The Rapid Support Forces’ latest episode of ethnically targeted killings in West Darfur, has the hallmarks of an organized campaign of atrocities against Massalit civilians. The United Nations […]
CCTV good for security, not sure on sexual harassment – Don President assenting to Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill will curb the tide – GMI Some of Nigeria’s higher institutions of learning have recently been enmeshed in accusations and counter accusations of sexual harassment between lecturers and students. This act, which stands condemned, has led to many […]
In late colonial Mozambique, in the city of Lourenço Marques (today’s Maputo), a carnival festival was held almost every year. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the event was more than just a street parade. It also became a space of queer expression and joy. As a Brazilian queer scholar based in South Africa, I […]
Six months on since the anti-homosexuality law came into effect, the consequences of this law have had a significant impact on Uganda’s economy, access to healthcare, jurisprudence, NGO operations as well as the very members of parliament that passed it. As G eofrey Serugo writes, several leading figures in the country remain defiant in spite […]
Port Sudan / Khartoum — Zain’s telecommunications and Internet service returned for a short while to Port Sudan yesterday evening after a day-long outage, while Sudani and MTN continued to be cut across the country for the third day. A listener reported to Radio Dabanga from the Red Sea state capital Port Sudan this morning […]
Instruct Educators on Obligations, Improve Reproductive Health Services Pregnant or parenting adolescent girls and women drop out of school in Mozambique because they don’t get adequate support from schools. Girls who become parents often experience discrimination, stigma, and a lack of support and accommodation that makes juggling school and childcare responsibilities impossible. The lack of […]
The Hague — The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case, Human Rights Watch said today. Citing warnings about “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza, the court ordered Israel on January 26, 2024, to “take immediate […]
Monrovia — The House of Representatives is poised to pass a resolution for the establishment of a war crimes court on Thursday, as gathered by FrontPageAfrica. This would be followed by a possible concurrence by the Liberian Senate, which, if granted, would then lead to the enactment of a statute bringing the Court into force. […]
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Cameroon: Govt Bans Opposition Coalitions
Nairobi — Solidifies Crackdown on Free Association, Expression Ahead of 2025 Vote A declaration by Cameroon‘s territorial administration minister to make two opposition coalitions illegal is part of a government crackdown on opposition and dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 12, 2024, the minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said in a statement that the […]
Two night-time drone strikes by the Malian army on 17 March killed at least 13 civilians, including seven children aged between two and 17, in Amasrakad, Gao region, and left more than a dozen people injured, according to eyewitness accounts gathered by Amnesty International. A communiqué issued by the Malian army described the strikes, as […]
One year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Sudan, the response from the international community has remained woefully inadequate even as the civilian death toll rises in the country, Amnesty International, Sudan Democracy First Group and NGO International Film Festival said today. “For one […]
The Ugandan government has declined to renew the mandate of the United Nations Human Rights office in the country. In a February, 3, 2023 correspondence, government says they will not be renewing the host country agreement signed with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda when it expires. […]
The legislature must revise the constitution to speak clearly about women’s choices over their bodies. A century-old law is long overdue for a change and has no business functioning in modern times. Access to safe abortion is a matter of reproductive rights and a crucial step towards empowering women to control their future. Nigeria must […]
“I heard people yelling because of the fire,” said soldier 50, who claimed he was an officer of the Anti-Terrorist Unit, a deadly force loyal to then President, Charles Taylor. Monrovia — A former Liberian soldier has told a Finnish Appeals Court in Monrovia that Gibril Massaquoi, a former commander of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary Front […]
London — Human life is sacred and every individual deserves an equal chance in life. We have a common desire, we all want to lead a free, fulfilling existence, with dignity, where our basic needs are met, with opportunities to advance and equal treatment under the law. These are fundamental human rights, protected by international […]