Ishmael Chokurongerwa, leader of the Johanne Masowe Gore Jena Penyeranyika sect, has been arrested with his aides after police found hundreds of children on his compound - ... Read more »
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has been granted leave to appeal the ruling< Read more »
Gambian lawmakers voted to advance to the next parliamentary stage a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), sparking concerns among activists ... Read more »
In a move sparking condemnation from rights activists, Ghana's parliament passed a controversial bill significantly restricting LGBTQ+ rights. The new bill, commonly referred Read more »
Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the Kabwe community in Zambia gasping for breath, literally and figuratively. The land is choked with lead dust, the air thick with ... Read more »
Six months after catastrophic floods in Derna, Libya, resulted in the death of at least 4,352 people and displaced thousands, Amnesty International reports a lack of accountability ... Read more »
U.S. President Joe Biden has officially ended the 21-year-old sanctions regimen against Zimbabwe, replacing it with a more targeted set of sanctions aimed specifically at ... Read more »
Although the World Health Organisation has continuously warned of the serious health risks associated with FGM, many countries have struggled to end the practice. The Gambian ... Read more »
Human rights group Amnesty International has accused the Zimbabwean government of obstructing efforts to uncover the fate of pro-democracy activist and journalist Itai D Read more »
The documentary "Bobi Wine: The People's President" chronicles the political journey of Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Win Read more »
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