Background Liberia’s amended Public Health Law (Title 33 of the Liberian Code of Law Revised) which includes a provision on abortion currently being debated before the Liberian Senate for passage into law, would ban abortions after 18 weeks of gestation. The current penal law (Title 26 – Liberian Code of Laws Revised, chapter 16), however, […]
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President Bola Tinubu will be indulging in a grand delusion of routing these non-state actors if he adopts the previous Buhari regime’s double standards. In a maniacal display of their capacity for evil against Nigeria, terrorists ambushed and killed soldiers in Niger State last month. And adding insult to injury, they shot down a military […]
Some stakeholders expressed concern over the rise in young children being engaged as home helps due to the prevailing economic challenges. There are laws enacted to protect Nigerian children from various forms of abuse, yet many underage home helps still find themselves dehumanised. Underage home help is a child, male or female, who works in […]
Nairobi Kenya — The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry has unveiled ‘0800724570’ as the 24-hour toll free telephone number for reporting illegal forest activities including logging and charcoal burning in the country. Speaking on Monday at Kanyonga in Kyeni South, Embu County during celebrations to mark this year’s World Bamboo Day, Forestry Principal […]
A coalition of 10 human rights organizations committed to the protection of fundamental rights and the promotion of justice in Malawi have condemned the alarming wave of mysterious and brutal deaths that have recently plagued Malawi. The organizations say these incidents have inflicted immeasurable suffering upon the victims and their families, and they have cast […]
The meeting, which was held in Katsina State, was attended by seven notorious terror gang leaders. At least seven leaders of the terror gangs responsible for the abduction and killings of thousands of residents and the displacement of tens of thousands of others in Nigeria’s troubled North-west region attended secret meetings with at least two […]
The AGF addresses claims that he has signed a plea agreement with the former CBN chief, Mr Emefiele, who is facing corruption charges and ongoing investigations. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has denied signing any plea bargain agreement with the immediate-past former central bank governor, Godwin Emefiele. Mr Emefiele, who has been […]
Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today. The abuses, which have fostered a climate of fear and self-censorship, are being brought to light as the United Kingdom government is at […]
Abuja — The European Union yesterday expressed its willingness to assist Nigeria overcome banditry, kidnapping and insurgency by Boko Haram, saying the security of the Niger Delta was key, being the country’s major revenue earner. This came on a day Katsina State governor, Mallam Dikko Umaru Radda, called on his colleague-governors in the north to […]
The Senate yesterday confirmed Ola Olukoyede as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The appointment of Muhammad Hammajoda as secretary of the anti-graft agency was also confirmed. The confirmation of both men followed their screening by the upper chamber, about a week after they were appointed by President Bola Tinubu. Responding […]
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, contributed to serious human rights abuses against Ethiopia’s Tigrayan community, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. A death sentence for my father: Meta’s contribution to human rights abuses in northern Ethiopia, shows how Meta has once again failed to adequately curb the spread of content advocating […]
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Uganda – Oil Pipeline Protests Stifled
Environmental Defenders Face Harassment, Intimidation, Arbitrary Arrests Anti-fossil fuel activists and environmental defenders in Uganda face repeated harassment, including arbitrary arrests, for protesting a planned oil pipeline. The project has devastated thousands of people’s livelihoods in Uganda and risks locking in decades of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to the global climate crisis. The Ugandan government […]
Previous negotiations with bandits have all failed due to some reasons. Among the early visitors of President Bola Tinubu after he was sworn in was a former Zamfara State governor, Ahmad Sani (popularly known as Yarima). His advice to the president, he said, was to see how he could give amnesty to terrorists. “The major […]