April 04
Africa: HRW Calls for UN, AU to Suspend Ethiopian Troops From Peacekeeping Missions
Addis Standard
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling upon the United Nations and the African Union to contemplate the suspension of fresh deployments of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)… Read more »
West Africa: Senegal Just Saved Its Democracy. That Helps All West Africa. [opinion]
USIP
Surviving its crisis, Senegal bolsters an arc of democracies against the region's coups. Read more »
Ethiopia: Military Executes Dozens in Amhara Region
HRW
UN Inquiry Urgently Needed; End Impunity for Abusive Commanders Read more »
Uganda: Uganda - Court Upholds Anti-Homosexuality Act [press release]
HRW
Uganda's Constitutional Court on April 3, 2024, upheld the abusive and radical provisions of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling further… Read more »
South Africa: Pit Toilet Eradication Deadline Missed By Limpopo Education Department
GroundUp
But department says it's 80% of the way there Read more »
Uganda: UNAIDS Notes The Judgment Of The Constitutional Court Of Uganda Which Has Struck Down Certain Parts Of The Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 [press release]
UNAIDS
The Constitutional Court of Uganda has today struck down certain sections of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023. Read more »
April 03
Uganda: Uganda Court Rejects Petition Against Harsh Anti-Gay Law
RFI
Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to overturn its highly contentious Anti-Homosexuality Act - one of the toughest such laws in the world. Read more »
Kenya: Nairobi-Based Think Tank Reports Rise in Terror-Related Deaths
Capital FM
The Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS), has released an analysis revealing a surge in fatalities linked to terrorism in 2023, with the death toll rising to 178, up… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians With Disabilities Experience Discrimination Despite Existing Laws
Premium Times
About 13 years after Lagos State put in place an anti-discrimination law, and five years after the federal government did the same, PWDs in the state still experience… Read more »
Uganda: Ugandan Constitutional Court Refuses to Annul or Block Enforcement of Anti-Gay Law
VOA
Uganda's constitutional court has declined to annul or grant a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the country's anti-gay law. In their ruling Wednesday, the judges… Read more »
Uganda: Top Ugandan Court Upholds Anti-Gay Law
DW
Uganda's Constitutional Court has rejected a bid to overturn its 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. Read more »
Uganda: Uganda - Court Fails to Repeal Callous Anti-LGBTI Law, Puts People At Risk [press release]
AI London
Responding to a decision by Uganda's Constitutional Court to only revoke parts of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 (AHA), a law which prompted rising attacks against LGBTI people,… Read more »
Rwanda: Children Born of Rape - the Devastating Legacy of Sexual Violence in Post-Genocide Rwanda [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Trigger warning: this article contains accounts of sexual violence. Read more »
Uganda: Uganda - Court 'Turned Its Back' On Human Rights By Failing to Repeal Callous Anti-LGBTI Law [press release]
AI London
The Anti-Homosexuality Act is one of the most extreme anti-LGBTI laws in the world Read more »
Uganda: Ugandan Court Upholds Law Criminalizing Homosexuality
VOA
Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday refused to overturn the country's sweeping anti-LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning) law. Read more »
April 02
Rwanda: 2,200 'Génocidaires' Being Released in 2024, Who Are They?
JusticeInfo.net
In the wake of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro covered the trials of genocide suspects before the specialized chambers of the traditional courts and… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda - From Colonialism to Genocide
DW
The DW documentary "Reclaiming History -- Colonialism and the Genocide in Rwanda" traces the arc from German colonial rule to the genocide in Rwanda. Read more »
Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released
HRW
30 Years On, Accelerate Justice Efforts Read more »
April 01
Africa: Liberating the Land - From Africa to Palestine
People's Dispatch
In Palestine and across the African continent, national liberation from colonialism is incomplete without sovereignty over the land Read more »
Namibia: When Colonial Germany Committed Genocide in Namibia
DW
Between 1904 and 1908, Germany's colonial forces reacted to a rebellion by Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia with brutal violence and prison camps. The trauma and political… Read more »
Nigeria: When Disability Meets Privilege [blog]
CFR
Authorities in Nigeria squander an opportunity to make a statement about human dignity and genuine social inclusion. Read more »
Liberia: IJG Calls for Full Implementation of TRC Report
Liberian Observer
The International Justice Group (IJG) and partners are urging President Joseph N. Boakai, Sr to move forward with the full implementation of all The Recommendations of the TRC,… Read more »
Liberia: Harvard Alumnus Vandalark Patricks Denounces Invitation to Ex-President Weah
FrontPageAfrica
Renowned Liberian human rights advocate Vandalark Patricks has cautioned former President George Manneh Weah and his supporters against misconstruing the opportunity provided him… Read more »
March 29
Guinea: Was the Stadium Massacre a Crime Against Humanity?
JusticeInfo.net
Matthias Raynal is a correspondent in Guinea when, on 28 September 2022, a trial opens for mass crimes, the first in the country's history. 13 years earlier, on the same date, more… Read more »
Somalia: Constitutional Proposals Put Children At Risk [press release]
HRW
Amendments Could Weaken Restrictions on Child Marriage, FGM Read more »