In just two weeks, more than 670 victims of sexual violence have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in camps for displaced people around Goma, the ... Read more »
Lawmakers have passed the anti-LGBTQ bill after minor changes. If signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni, as expected, some same-sex acts could be punishable by the dea Read more »
Human rights and environmental crimes are committed with impunity on the open seas, where 50 million people work. The Outlaw Ocean Project, founded by award-winning investigative ... Read more »
Senegal's President Macky Sall has told the government to take measures to preserve public order after protests over the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left at leas Read more »
SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Read more »
Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans are heading back to their homelands amid a spike in vigilante violence - including the stabbings of African migrants. Despite their ordeal, they ... Read more »
In a study of over 30 countries, rights group Amnesty International has found that the use of rubber bullets and other projectiles by security forces on protesters has led to ... Read more »
Amnesty International has called on the Ethiopian government to lift the ban on social media platforms such as Facebook, Tik Tok, YouTube and Telegram. Amnesty's Flavia Mwangovya ... Read more »
Experts have called for a Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative to deploy the scientific underpinning of a forest protection plan. Attending a webinar ahead of the One Forest ... Read more »
The government of Tanzania plans to displace about 150,000 pastoralists for its conservation initiatives in two areas in Ngorongoro district, Loliondo Game Controlled Area and ... Read more »
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