According to Human Rights Watch, the country's Forestry Development Agency regularly evicts farmers without warning, often burning their homes and possessions in the process. Read more »
Lawyers say they have formally appealed against the life sentence handed down by a Dakar court in April. Read more »
In the corridors of the Annual Meeting of the AfDB which was held in Lusaka, the silhouette of Zéneb Touré, the African Development Bank Civil Society Engagement ... Read more »
The government says it will not renew the country permit of the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Read more »
The significance of May 28th is established in this editorial by The Ethiopian Herald. Read more »
The U.S. Africa Command says because there are thousands of armed groups in the country, it will be "really dependent" on the Libyan interim government to determine "who is ... Read more »
Woman journalists across Africa have been invited to join a network which aims to achieve better coverage of initiatives led by women and children and of the issues that affect ... Read more »
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended the funds following the discovery of fraud by recipient organisations in the country. Read more »
The Grammy award-winning musician and three youth activist movements have won for their work defending freedom of expression and peaceful protest. Read more »
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