The latest Human Rights Watch report accuses Malian armed forces and Wagner Group mercenaries of committing war crimes against civilians in central and northern Mali. 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 »
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 »
Shell UK is set to conclude its Nigerian onshore oil and gas interests, selling its subsidiary to a consortium of five mostly local companies for up to U.S.$2.4 billion. The oil ... Read more »
At COP28 in Dubai last month, food systems were finally put in the spotlight of global climate talks. There were numerous announcements related to the sector and, for the first ... Read more »
COP28 may not have achieved a complete fossil fuel phase-out, but it witnessed a historic pivot towards food and agriculture. Over $7 billion in funding commitmen Read more »
A new briefing by Amnesty International shows how the legal systems in 12 African countries were increasingly weaponized in 2023 to systematically target and discriminate against ... Read more »
A challenge to an anti-LGBT statute that includes a 20-year jail sentence for "promoting" homosexuality and the death penalty for specific same-sex activities, was brought be Read more »
A South African doctor, Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman, has been declared winner of the 2023 Daily Trust African of the Year Award. Sooliman, who heads the South African humaniotarian ... Read more »
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