Zimbabwe: Interpol Frustrates Hunt for Fugitives - Police Chief Matanga

The Herald

Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday said the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) was frustrating efforts to extradite people facing criminal… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zidera - It Was Never About Democracy [analysis]

The Herald

As Zimbabwe, and its SADC counterparts, initiate the anti-sanctions lobby as a collective on October 25, 2019, it is trite that the real reason for the imposition of illegal… Read more »

South Africa: Who Is Lying? No Clarity On Settlement in Case of Elderly Woman Who Was Tied to a Mamelodi Hospital Bench

News24Wire

Neither the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) nor the Gauteng Department of Health are willing to budge on their stance relating to an out-of-court settlement for… Read more »

Malawi: Rights Watchdog Condemns Attacks On Activists

Nyasa Times

Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has condemned the attacks on human rights activists and appealed to government to provide maximum protection to the rights defenders,… Read more »

Uganda: Attacks On LGBT+ People Rising After Minister Proposes Death for Gay Sex

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Uganda has seen a rise in attacks on LGBT+ people since a minister proposed bringing back the death penalty for gay sex, campaigners said on Tuesday, warning anti-gay rhetoric was… Read more »

South Africa: Low Wages Are Not Just the Farmers' Fault - U.S. Activist

GroundUp

"We can't just blame the farmers for poor farm worker wages," said Baldemar Velásquez, an American labour activist and president of the Farm Labor Organising Committee… Read more »

Liberia: Step Back From the Brink, GOL - - Reopen Roots FM!

Observer

Looking back on history and reflecting on the experience of the Daily Observer, this newspaper is constrained to question whether national policy and decision makers, including… Read more »

South Africa: Constitutional Court - Sections of Intimidation Act Limit Freedom of Expression

News24Wire

In a unanimous judgment, the Constitutional Court has ruled that sections of the Intimidation Act are unconstitutional, finding that it limits the right to freedom of expression. Read more »

Libya: Likely War Crimes Being Committed in Battle for Tripoli - First Detailed Investigation [press release]

AI London

Investigators examined 33 attack sites, interviewing more than 150 local residents Read more »

Zimbabwe: We'll Not Tolerate Indiscipline - Army

The Herald

The Zimbabwe National Army will not hesitate to deal decisively with rogue members who bring its image and reputation into disrepute, a senior army officer has said. Read more »

South Africa: Application to Have Children's Voices Heard in Court Cases Dismissed With Costs

News24Wire

Western Cape High Court Judge Lee Bozalek has dismissed, with costs, an application to have children's voices heard in court proceedings in a unique case brought before him last… Read more »

South Africa: Motsoaledi and Mashaba Drag a Joburg City Battle Over Verification of Foreign Nationals All the Way to Parliament [analysis]

Daily Maverick

When outgoing Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba and Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi met in Parliament on Tuesday to discuss foreign nationals within the city, it was… Read more »

South Africa: Mashaba Slams 'Dysfunctional' Home Affairs On Documentation of Migrants

News24Wire

Outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba asked Parliament to help ensure that the "dysfunctional" Department of Home Affairs discharge its duties in terms of documenting foreign… Read more »

Rwanda: Civil Society Upbeat, as Rwanda Ratifies Continental Protocol on Rights of Elderly

New Times

The Government of Rwanda on Tuesday signed the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Older Persons and signaled a significant commitment to protect and promote the rights of old… Read more »

Africa: 13 Commitments to Tackle Hate Speech

IPS

In June 2019, the Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, launched the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech. Respect for human rights, without any form of… Read more »

Ghana: Accra Psychiatric Hospital Requests Folder of Alleged 'Killer' of J.b Danquah-Adu

Ghanaian Times

The Accra Psychiatric Hospital yesterday requested the Accra High Court for the folder of Daniel Asiedu, accused of killing Joseph Boakye (J.B) Danquah-Adu, the former Member of… Read more »

South Africa: Why Children in Kabwe Still Suffer Lead Poisening [press release]

HRW

I met "David" and his brothers in the dusty township of Chowa in Kabwe. David, eight years old, is thin and small for his age. Sitting in their yard, his grandfather described his… Read more »

South Africa: SAHRC Denies Settlement Reached With Family of Pensioner Tied to Hospital Bench

News24Wire

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Gauteng has denied claims by the Gauteng Department of Health that a settlement was reached with the family of a pensioner who… Read more »

South Africa: Until Women Are Valued, the Violence Will Continue [opinion]

Daily Maverick

Patriarchy is not an overt and carefully orchestrated project by men to dominate women. If it were, perhaps it would be easier to fix. Read more »

South Africa: EFF Branch Will Fight for Kanya Cekeshe's Freedom [opinion]

Daily Maverick

We don't have to understand the legal complexities of Kanya Cekeshe having pleaded guilty; what we understand is that a young man with so much potential is wasting away in prison… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Human Summit - Caser, Stakeholders to Address Challenges of Enforcement, Protection of Rights

This Day

Mr. Frank Tietie, the Executive Director, Citizens Advocacy and Social Economic Rights (CASER), has said, arrangement is in top gear to use the first Nigerian Human rights summit… Read more »

Malawi: College of Medicine Probes 'Sex for Degrees' Reports

Nyasa Times

College of Medicine has swiftly moved in to investigate reports that some of its lecturers were luring female students into sex for better grades during examinations. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Opposition Activist Arrested, Charged With Disorderly Conduct

New Zimbabwe

Opposition MDC activists Makomborero Haruzivishe and Ward 16 Councilor Denford Ngadziore were Monday arrested by police at the Harare Magistrate Courts. Read more »

South Africa: Asylum Seeker Wins Right to Marry

GroundUp

The Supreme Court of Appeal has declared Home Affairs's prohibition on asylum seekers marrying unconstitutional Read more »

Zimbabwe: Cabinet Declares 25 October a National Holiday

New Zimbabwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday revealed that it is set to declare Friday 25th October 2019 SADC Anti-Sanctions Day as an official public holiday so as to show… Read more »