Human Rights Watch has called on the Italian government to investigate spyware provider Hacking Team's practices in Ethiopia and elsewhere, with a view toward restricting sales of ... Read more »
Reports of King Goodwill Zwelithini's invitation to a wedding has attracted heavy criticism following accusations against him of sparking xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Read more »
Amnesty International say it has evidence that UN peacekeepers killed a 16-year-old boy and his father and also raped a 12-year-old girl in separate incidents. Read more »
Lieutenant General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the secretary-general of the National Intelligence and Security Service, was arrested on June 20 by the British Metropolitan Police on a ... Read more »
The united opposition has boycotted a parliamentary session, arguing that the draft legislation to be debated is part of President Joseph Kabila's strategy to hang on to power when ... Read more »
At least five Burundi radio stations have been attacked and journalists targeted since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third term, and subsequently ... Read more »
This is the conclusion of a report published by the Academy of Science of South Africa in collaboration with Uganda National Academy of Science. Read more »
Noting that Zambia has the highest rate of gender-based violence in southern Africa, Global Health Corps Fellow Angel Chelwa says an attack that stripped a woman naked in the ... Read more »
Ali Cham's song criticised the censorship and violations against journalists, religious leaders, human rights activists and citizens. Read more »
Addressing a news conference, the presidents of the United States and Kenya stated their differences on gay rights firmly. Read more »
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