Authorities Fail to Respond to Central Report Findings Richard Pearshouse Director, Environment and Human Rights When criticized on rights, autocratic governments often try desperately to prove their legitimacy. A textbook example is the Egyptian government’s lashing out at recent Human Rights Watch research on how Egypt has imposed arbitrary funding, research, and registration obstacles on […]
Landlords and community members protest against xenophobic attacks On Tuesday night two homes rented by immigrants were torched in Kwanokuthula, Plettenberg Bay. This comes after dozens of immigrants were forced from their homes on Monday night, when local residents conducted door-to-door searches for foreign nationals. South African landlords and some community members have protested against […]
The Tano North Municipal Assembly (TNMA) last Friday distributed assorted items valued at GH¢83,970 to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) at Duayaw -Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region. In all, 29 beneficiaries were presented with building materials, fufu pounding machines, deep-freezers with chests, mushroom business equipment, earthenware business materials, farm inputs. The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ernest […]
The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) and the families of the victims of the demonstrations of July and August 2022 have filed a complaint against the president of the transition before the French courts. They accuse Mamadi Doumbouya of “complicity in homicides and torture” following the assassination of at least ten […]
Sixteen University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested Monday for participating in a protest that erupted at the Mt Pleasant campus to press for a cut in tuition fees. The group is expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates Court Wednesday. The students, who include nearly a dozen females, were still in police custody by […]
A State witness was Tuesday subpoenaed to testify against detained Citizen’s Coalition For Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala, over a video he allegedly uploaded on YouTube with the intention to incite public violence. Sikhala is facing charges of inciting public violence prior to the infamous July 31, 2020 demonstrations. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer, Munyaradzi […]
Members of the Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly have recently visited detention facilities across the country. The visit was aimed at getting first-hand information about the conditions of detention centres across the country. The chairperson of committee, Hon. Madi M.K. Ceesay noted the visit is not a witch-hunting exercise but to avail the […]
Cape Town — Children With Learning Disabilities Neglected By Western Cape Education Department Cape Town non-profit organisation Hope for the Future, has said that the Western Cape Education Department is failing children with learning disabilities., Eye Witness News reports. The organisation said schools mainly in townships on the Cape Flats, were under-resourced and were […]
Cape Town — The topic of diversity within gaming and eSports has become an increasingly significant one over the past several years. The growth of the gaming industry has grown exponentially over the past decade with a global market estimated to be worth U.S.$135 billion in 2018. According to Statista, the video game market size […]
By Lincoln G. Peters Chinese Ambassador accredited to Liberia REN Yisheng has described gender equality as not only a basic human right but also an important link in giving full play to human potential, promoting sustainable development and ultimately achieving a peaceful society. Ambassador Ren further stressed that gender equality is a greater link to […]
Cape Town — The celebrated Zimbabwean novelist, NoViolet Bulawayo, has been short-listed for one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for her latest work, Glory. Describing the book’s relevance to the issues facing today’s world, the judges of Britain’s Booker Prize said “this political satire goes beyond Zimbabwe and could relate to nations with […]
Local authorities in Agadez, Niger, say that more than 800 people, including children, were expelled from Algeria – many of whom are from Niger. “We have a total of 847 people including 40 women and 74 unaccompanied children. These people have already arrived in Agadez,” Agadez city officials told Agence France Press. One of the […]
Morocco could become the second African country to grant menstrual leave. Although highly contentious, the policy is slowly gaining global traction, with early adopters acknowledging the inhumanity in enforcing mandatory work for women who experience debilitating menstrual pain or destabilising symptoms. “Periods aren’t a sickness,” “Why do women make such a fuss over a little […]
FRINGE opposition political outfit, the People’s Patriotic Party (PPP), wants President Emmerson Mnangagwa dragged before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of human rights abuse relating to Gukurahundi and August 1 2018 shootings. Gukurahundi continues to dog President Mnangagwa’s administration with critics demanding closure in the massacres that occurred in 1982 in Bulawayo and […]
“What we are saying is that it doesn’t make you less a man if you are involved in house chores for the family.” The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) on Wednesday urged men to assist in house chores for the good of the family. The Executive Secretary, DSVA, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, gave the […]
Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has ordered heads of government ministries to support Zanu PF party in implementation of projects to endear its presidential candidate, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with the electorate. She said Zanu PF officials demanding accountability from officials employed in various ministries, departments and agencies must not be misconstrued as “witch-hunters […]
Eenhana — Despite efforts from government, development partners, churches and civil society to curb gender-based violence, the scourge continues unabated. Minister of gender Doreen Sioka said this in a speech delivered by deputy minister of marginalised communities Royal /Ui/o/oo at the 23rd annual meeting of the Council of Traditional Leaders in Eenhana, Ohangwena region, this […]
Dear World: Living in Liberia as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person often means your right or access to justice is ignored and trampled upon in plain sight. For background, I am the Curator-in-Chief of journalRAGE, an online news outlet whose focus is on the rainbow issues in Liberia. On August 23, at about […]