The UN has expressed fears that the legislation currently before lawmakers which seeks to criminalize homosexuality will negatively impact vulnerable people. The bill will need the ... Read more »
A new law has been enforced, barring foreigners from carrying out trade in Malawi's outlying and rural areas - this comes amid protests by traders that local government should end ... Read more »
The United Nations has urged the government to promptly launch an independent and credible probe into the violence and killings during anti-government protests in South Darfur. Read more »
Rights group Amnesty International report that investigations into Shell oil spills in Nigeria were a "fiasco", alleging the company repeatedly blamed sabotage in an effort to ... Read more »
President Yahya Jammeh's almost two-decade-long rule has not delivered on the junta's promises of transparency and accountability, writes Bubacarr Sowe, a freelance Gambian ... Read more »
Saif al-Islam, son of deceased Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, stated that he wishes to be tried in the Hague instead of his home country. Read more »
The African communities most affected by atrocities being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court, have long complained of being forgotten by this institution. Read more »
In what is widely seen as a victory for sexual reproductive rights, a high court ruling found that the government was liable for coercively sterilising three HIV positive women. Read more »
A group of nationals from Bangladesh, who are believed to be part of a human trafficking syndicate, have been arrested in Zimbabwe and Zambia as both countries tighten the fight ... Read more »
While the political crisis continues, life for ordinary citizens is worsening with increases in poverty levels, deteriorating food security and a public service delivery system at ... Read more »
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