August 02

• Labour Union Calls on Govt to Resign

  allAfrica

  Tunisia's General Labour Union (UGTT) has given the government one week to resign or the group will be "forced to consider other options", news agencies are reporting. The labour... Read more »

• Army Gives Mugabe Leverage in Polls [analysis]

  Zimbabwe Independent

  THE military has played a crucial role in the just-ended general elections in which President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF are expecting a landslide victory, judging by the trends... Read more »

• Public Media Reform Key After Polls

  Zimbabwe Independent

  THE run-up to the elections exposed public media institutions - ZTV, radio stations and newspapers under the Zimpapers stable - as parochial and partisan entities serving the... Read more »

• DA Condemns Alleged Wilgehof Primary Racism [press release]

  DA

  The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Free State condemns any racist incidents, especially those that have allegedly taken place at Wilgehof Primary School in Bloemfontein. Read more »

• Rights Group Faults Lagos Govt's Defence On Deportation

  Vanguard

  A civil rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, yesterday, condemned the defence of Lagos State government over its role in dumping in Onitsha,... Read more »

• Frasha's Boost for Meru School Kids

  The Star

  P-UNIT's Francis Amisi aka Frasha has offered to set up a physiotherapy unit for the Meru School for the Mentally Handicapped. Read more »

• Lulu Xingwana's Department of Shambles [analysis]

  Daily Maverick

  It's Women's Month in South Africa, which means that South African women have a whole 31 days to sit back and relax, knowing they're in the safe hands of a government department... Read more »

• Group Calls for Protection of Homosexuals

  The Star

  Gays in Mombasa have called on the government to address the increased violence against them. The group says violence against homosexuals in the country don't get protection from... Read more »

• Human Rights Commission Offers Mediation to Teachers and Government

  The Star

  The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights will write to the Kenya National Union Of Teachers, and the Ministries of Labour and Education to offer mediation services to the... Read more »

• Stop This Igbo Bashing in Lagos [opinion]

  Vanguard

  WHEN Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola was sworn in as the Governor of Lagos State, to take over from his mentor, I was one of those who vouched for him, urging my friends in our... Read more »

• Charly Boy Writes 'A Bullet for the Pope", Speaks Out On Gay Issues [opinion]

  Vanguard

  The first 20 years of my life, I seriously had this dream of being a priest. I was overfed with an overdose of religion which has always been a very serious business in my family.... Read more »

• Deportation - Lagos Govt Notified Affected States - CNPP

  Vanguard

  The Lagos Chapter of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) on Friday urged Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State not to allow the deportation of Igbos controversy cause... Read more »

• Why FG Rejected Gay Marriage - Turaki

  Daily Trust

  Minister of Special Duties Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has said the government took the decision to reject gay marriage at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) during which it... Read more »

• How FEC Rejected Pressure Over Gay Marriage - Turaki

  Leadership

  The Honourable Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has given an insight on how the Federal Executive Council (FEC) rejected... Read more »

August 01

• Rape - the South African Scourge

  Africa In Fact

  South Africa has a reputation for the world's worst sexual violence rates against women, men and children. Amid confusing data and complex causes, what is it that makes South... Read more »

• ICC Watchers Should Stay Tuned to Kenyan Court [press release]

  HRW

  People interested in the upcoming International Criminal Court trial of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta should keep their eyes on developments before a Nairobi court. Read more »

• Sit-Ins Will Continue, Say Islamists

  Aswat Masriya

  The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy said on Thursday that sit-ins supporting former president Mohamed Mursi will continue. Read more »

• Bauchi to Make Education Compulsory

  Leadership

  The Bauchi State government is set to make education compulsory for all children of school age. Read more »

• Major Flaws in Zimbabwe's Elections [press release]

  HRW

  Zimbabweans are waiting for official results from yesterday’s presidential elections but President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party seems confident of victory. Read more »

• ANHRI Denounces the Assault By Beating a Convoy for February 20 Movement [press release]

  HRInfo

  The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), denounces the continuation of the Moroccan authorities in abusing the dissent activists, as a number of 20 February... Read more »

• Human Rights Commission Told to Pay Le7.3 Million

  Concord

  The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Human Rights yesterday ordered authorities at the Human Rights Commission Sierra Leone (HRC-SL) to refund the sum of seven million, three... Read more »

• Egypt Officials Meet to Discuss Dispersing Pro-Mursi Sit-Ins

  Aswat Masriya

  Egypt's interior minister met with top security officials on Thursday to discuss measures the authorities could take to disperse two sit-ins held by supporters of toppled President... Read more »

• Egypt's Tamarod Leader Tells Germany Hitler Was Elected Too

  Aswat Masriya

  General coordinator of the Tamarod (Rebel) campaign Mahmoud Badr has said that he asked German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in a meeting late on Wednesday to respect the... Read more »

• Obi to Jonathan - Lagos Promoting Anarchy With Deportation of Igbos

  This Day

  Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in the brewing face-off between his state and Lagos State Government over the forcible... Read more »

• Govt Releases Ugandan Journalists After Five Days in Detention [press release]

  IFEX

  The South Sudan government has released two Ugandan journalists, Justin Dralaze and Hilary Ayesiga, after five days' incarceration. They were arrested on 27 July 2013. They were... Read more »