The 7th High-Level Breakfast Meeting of the Empowering Women in Agriculture (EWA) initiative in line with the established mechanisms of the African Union Commission on Food and Security, aims to highlight and commend the significant strides made in empowering women in agriculture. EWA is championed by HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former President of the Republic […]
Beirut — Prison Sentences Aim at Deterring Peaceful Dissent An Egyptian court on February 6, 2024, sentenced the prominent politician Ahmed Tantawy, along with his campaign advisor and 21 of his detained supporters, to a year in prison for alleged offenses associated with his presidential challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Human Rights Watch said […]
Action Will Prevent Citizens from Seeking Justice through ECOWAS Court On January 28, the three military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they would leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a move that would limit opportunities for their citizens to seek justice for human rights violations. In a joint statement, […]
Prolonged, Abusive Detention Underscores Justice System Concerns On Tuesday, a Zimbabwe court sentenced opposition politician Job Sikhala to a suspended two-year prison term after being convicted earlier in January of inciting public violence. Sikhala had been arrested and detained on June 14, 2022. This week’s sentencing means he will be freed after being jailed for […]
Avoid Further Delays in Thomas Kwoyelo Case and Ensure Remedies for Victims The defense stage of Thomas Kwoyelo’s trial finally began in Uganda on January 19, 2023, nearly 13 years after the war crimes case against the alleged commander in the rebel group Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) began. This trial provides a rare opportunity for […]
Deputy Minister of Health, Halima Daudi, has expressed satisfaction with the initiatives undertaken by mother care groups in Mzimba North to improve children’s health, particularly the Chikhwengwe mother care group. The mother care groups were established by the Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) through a government-funded project called the Health Systems Immunization project, which operates […]
One year on from the deadly air strike that killed 40 people in Rukubi in Doma area of Nasarawa state, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “One year on and the Nigerian authorities have failed to ensure justice and accountability for the air strike that killed 40 people in Rukubi. This is simply […]
More than fifty days since Dr Daouda Diallo, Secretary-General of the Collective Against Impunity and Community Stigmatization (CISC), was forcibly disappeared, Amnesty International today calls on the Burkina Faso authorities for his safe return to civilian life and to end the use of conscription as a tool to silence dissent. Dr Diallo was abducted by […]
Shell Plc has agreed to sell its Nigerian onshore oil business to a consortium of local companies for more than $1.3 billion. If approved by the government, the transaction would fulfil Shell’s long-term goal of extracting itself from a challenging operating environment in the Niger Delta region, while retaining a presence elsewhere in the country. […]
A total of 400 persons have benefited from free eye care services offered by a non-governmental organisation in two LGAs of Yobe State. The NGO, AMA Foundation, has offered a one-week free eye care medical outreach in Gashua, Bade LGA, and Damaturu, the state capital of Yobe. The medical team attached to the foundation attended […]
Last year saw a new wave of harsh anti-LGBTI legislation across Africa 31 countries still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual activity LGBTI people are threatened with arbitrary arrests, detentions and the death penalty in some places ‘Africa is facing a deepening crisis of homophobic lawfare’ – Tigere Chagutah LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people […]
A Seychelles environmental NGO is undertaking an air quality monitoring project to gain a full picture of how good the island nation’s air quality is and determine where action should be taken. Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S), started the project two months ago adding the island nation to the list of 117 countries in the world […]
Activist Kumi Naidoo, the former secretary-general of Amnesty International and executive director of Greenpeace, understands that climate justice and social justice are interlinked. Kumi Naidoo Kumi Naidoo has been an activist since he was 15 years old, first fighting for liberation against the apartheid state – and he has not stopped campaigning for human rights […]
The executive manager of WaterCAN is turning the tide on water security in South Africa. In 1983 in Lenasia, Ferrial Adam was just 11 years old when she went to her first anti-apartheid meeting. Adam is the youngest of five siblings in a family that didn’t shy away from political issues, and human rights have […]
Islamic Relief forced to suspend vital programmes and evacuate staff Around 300,000 people have fled the city of Wad Madani in central Sudan as fighting rages in and around the city, and desperate civilians are running out of safe places to go. Five days of heavy fighting has forced Islamic Relief and many other aid […]
Abuja — Nigeria has reiterated its commitment to joining the United Nations and other world leaders in finding tangible solutions to irregular migration, world refugee situations. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation,Dr. Betta Edu, gave the country’s commitment when she joined the UN agencies, humanitarian and development organizations, NGOs, refugee-led organizations and faith-based groups […]
Nairobi — A Non-Governmental Organization ( NGO) has partnered with some cooperative societies affiliated to Gusii Coffee farmers Cooperative Union ( GCFCU) to boost coffee production and farmers earnings. Rainforest Alliance Regional Director,- Kenya/ Tanzania, Marion Nduta said the NGO has launched Gusii Regenerative Agriculture landscape ( GURAL) coffee project to aid certifying the coffee […]
Responding to yesterday’s High Court acquittal of opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, who was sentenced in April to 48 months imprisonment for leading protests against government corruption, Khanyo Farisè, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa, said: While his conviction has now been quashed, it is unconscionable that Jacob Ngarivhume spent eight months in prison simply […]