According to the Tanzanian government data, the number of pregnancies in girls aged between 15 - 19 continues to rise - increasing from 23% in 2010 to 27% in 2015. Expelling ... Read more »
Tatu Kamau, a Kenyan doctor has filed a petition in the Machakos High Court in eastern Kenya seeking the legilisation of female genital mutilation (FGM). Kamau believes women ... Read more »
Testimony from Hannah Jacobus, a deputy director of mental health, overseeing non-governmental organisations in Gauteng, at the Life Esidimeni Hearings has revealed that former ... Read more »
The United Nations has called on Kenyan authorities to stop forceful evictions of the Sengwer tribe living in the Embobut forest in Kenya. At least 15 homes and some livestock were ... Read more »
In a 643-page World Report, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. The report says that countries whose human rights records raised serious ... Read more »
The leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress, Merera Gudina, has been released from prison after the government announced the release of people arrested during the Oromo protests ... Read more »
The UN has labelled the country as a whole a "level 3 emergency". This is its highest warning and puts it on par with the likes of Syria and Yemen, writes Thijs Van Laer of the ... Read more »
South Africa, it turns out, is not the only far-removed country from Liberia whose courts have become involved in prosecuting those who committed war crimes and crimes against ... Read more »
The anchor of an online show called Brutally Uncensored has come under fire after referring to herself as a "proper woman" while interviewing an openly transgender woman, ... Read more »
Al-Shabaab has threatened and abducted civilians in Somalia's Bay region to force communities to hand over their children for indoctrination and military training. Read more »
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