Khartoum — Yesterday, Khartoum witnessed massive protest marches and vigils in various neighbourhoods to protest the sexual violence women demonstrators faced during the December 19 Marches of the Millions and the military coup d’état of October 25. The marches were organised by the Join the Committee campaign, an alliance of Sudanese feminist and women groups. […]
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THE government has assured effective involvement of people with disabilities in the 2022 Population and Housing Census. Equally, it said their participation will help the government especially in provision of social services to the people with disabilities. The 2022 Population and Housing Census Commissioner, who is also former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Anna […]
Teenagers account for 40 per cent of the antenatal visits to the Imude maternity centre, an official says. Taiwo Aweda was just 16 years old when she was married off to Lawal Ahmed. She got pregnant one year into her senior secondary education at Ilogbo Government Secondary School, situated in Ojo Local Government Area of […]
The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) has approved the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) booster shot to be taken at least two months after the original dose for adults over the age of 18. In addition, the local drug watchdog has also authorised the heterologous booster, also known as mix-and-match jabs, for those who had […]
Justice for 3R Abuses an Important Step Toward Accountability On December 17, the Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) announced it will send its first case to trial. This is a significant moment in the difficult effort to see justice for heinous abuses committed in the most recent conflicts in the Central African Republic. […]
Tunis — Military and Civilian Trials for “Insulting the President” Tunisian authorities are prosecuting citizens in both military and civilian courts and jailing them for public criticism of President Kais Saied and other officials, Human Rights Watch said today. Those prosecuted include members of parliament, commentators on social media, and a television host. Using repressive […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has recently passed a resolution on Ethiopia to undermine the efforts of the Ethiopian government to address the alleged human rights violations and the Joint Investigation Report of the United Nations Human Right Office ( UNHRO) and Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) as well. During yesterday’s media briefing, […]
After repeatedly targeting the biweekly newspaper L’Alternative in recent years with administrative sanctions, judicial proceedings and surveillance, Togo’s authorities have finally jailed its editor, Ferdinand Ayité. Attempts have often been made to intimidate Ayité during his 20 or so years as a journalist but this is the first time he has found himself in a […]
Hwediem — The United State President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Ghana on Tuesday took its Anti -Stigma and Discrimination Campaign on HIV to Hwediem in the Ahafo Region. Held on the theme, “Reaching epidemic control by 2030”, the programme was aimed at educating the public on ending stigmatisation against Persons Living With HIV […]
Emmanuel Mbombog Mbog Matip, a Cameroonian newspaper editor who was detained in a completely arbitrary manner for 16 months and had to spend a further week in prison after his acquittal, has finally been freed. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes his release but fears further proceedings against this journalist. The editor of the newspaper Climat […]
MEMBERS of the Zanzibar House of Representatives have been reminded that people with disabilities, including those with mental disorders deserve equal rights. They pointed out that the rights included getting married and conjugal rights, but it was unfortunate that they were being discriminated against and stigmatized. This was said by Prof Omar Fakih Hamad (ACT-Wazalendo, […]
Abuja — Ensure Rights, Wellbeing of Those Affected Nigeria’s Borno State government’s efforts to shut down government camps hosting thousands of displaced people by December 31, 2021 is creating risks and hardships, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should suspend the camp closures, which fail to guarantee displaced people’s rights. In August 2020, the […]
Alaa Abdel Fatah was a prominent figure in the 2011 revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak. The activist’s family have long decried the conditions of his years-long detention. A court in Cairo sentenced Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in prison, his family confirmed on Monday. The activist, who had been previously […]
THE Namibian Lives Matter Movement (NLMM) believes the Namibian and Botswana governments never conducted a joint investigation into the deaths of the Nchindo brothers and their Zambian cousin on 5 November last year. The late Tommy, Martin, and Wamunyima Nchindo, and their cousin Sinvula Muyeme were shot and killed by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) […]
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Ethiopia Rejects UNHCR Resolution
The Ethiopian government said it will not acknowledge the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) resolution for the establishment of an independent investigation team for the alleged human rights violation in the northern conflict. In her press briefing yesterday, the Government Communication Service State Minister Selamawit Kassa stated that the resolution which was illegally adopted […]
The UN’s human rights body voted to set up an experts panel to examine allegations of war crimes in Ethiopia. The resolution was brought forward by the EU. The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted in favor of establishing a panel of experts to report on rights violations during the year-old war in Ethiopia, […]
Over 500 people were killed three years ago in a region considered peaceful in the conflict-ridden DR Congo. As Jonas Gerding reports, a highly political military trial has begun to look into the cause of the massacre. His wife and four children, no one can bring back the lives of his loved ones, says Clovis […]
Following last month’s release of a joint report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the United Nations citing widespread human rights abuses in the country, a U.N. human rights body voted Friday to establish a group of experts to further monitor human rights abuses in Ethiopia as a yearlong war between government forces and […]