October 17
Ethiopia: Fighting, Abuses Putting Sudanese Refugees At Risk
HRW
Thousands in Amhara Camps Need Security, Relocation to Safer Areas Read more »
Africa: COP16 - States Must Reinforce Human Rights Protections in Global Biodiversity Framework [press release]
AI London
Ahead of the COP16 Biodiversity summit, which runs from 21 October to 1 November in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: Read more »
Uganda: Speaker Among to Run for the Blind
Nile Post
The "Run for the Blind" event takes place on November 17, State Minister for Disability Affairs Hellen Grace Asamo said, and will coincide with the observance of International… Read more »
Africa: COP16 - Aligning Biodiversity With Human Rights and Climate Action [press release]
Global Witness
The choices and actions taken at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) will impact the biodiversity crisis and its… Read more »
South Africa: Shelter Indaba Addresses Needs of Trafficking Survivors
SAnews.gov.za
Participants at the 4th National Shelter Indaba have stressed the urgent need for enhanced training for non-profit organisations (NPOs) working with victims of trafficking. Read more »
South Africa: 4th National Shelter Indaba Pioneers Solutions for GBV Survivors
SAnews.gov.za
The 4th National Shelter Indaba has highlighted the urgent need for effective shelter solutions for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). Read more »
Nigeria: Falana, Falz Write Bobrisky, Demand Retraction of Defamatory Statement
Vanguard
Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin, aka Falz, have asked popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky, to immediately retract the defamatory… Read more »
October 16
Liberia: Methodist Churches Consider Breaking Away Over Gay Rights
FrontPageAfrica
The Bishop of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Liberia, Samuel J. Quire Jr., has expressed concern over Methodist churches that are considering leaving the denomination,… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: International Criminal Court Takes Important Step in DR Congo [press release]
HRW
Revived Inquiry an Opportunity to Address 'Impunity Gap' Read more »
Tanzania: Address Rights Ahead of Local Elections
HRW
The Tanzanian government should take urgent steps to reverse the deteriorating human rights situation in the country ahead of forthcoming local elections in mainland Tanzania on… Read more »
October 15
Rwanda: EU Needs to Demand Proof Rwanda Will End Torture in Prisons
HRW
"Yordani, as in the Jordan river. That's where they put prisoners and beat them," a former prisoner in Rwanda told Human Rights Watch. In the New Testament, John the Baptist was… Read more »
Africa: Abortion Is a Fundamental Human Rights Issue [opinion]
IPS
The right to abortion is a human rights issue that no government agency, courts, local and state legislators, or anyone else has the right to violate or impede in any shape or… Read more »
Africa: Famine Takes Grip in Africa's Prolonged Conflict Zones
ACSS
Eighty percent of the record 163 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including potentially 840,000 people in Sudan, South Sudan, and… Read more »
Africa: Stigmatization Is the Entry Door for Repression and Violence [opinion]
IPS
Information manipulation and misinformation are not new phenomena, but they have taken on exaggerated importance, especially with the massive use of social media. Read more »
Niger: Niger Counterterrorism Decree Targets Political Opponents [press release]
HRW
On October 10, Niger's junta leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, signed a decree provisionally removing Nigerien nationality from nine people linked to former President Mohamed… Read more »
Southern Africa: World News in Brief - 'Historic Drought' in Southern Africa, Human Rights in Tunisia, Accountability Essential for Pakistan Mineworker Killings
UN News
Nearly six and a half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an "historic drought" linked to last year's El Niño, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Commission Roll-Up Sleeves to Curb Trafficking in Persons
FrontPageAfrica
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Monday, October 14, 2024, begins its 16th Annual Meeting of the Regional Network of National Focal Institutions against… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Child Abuse - Bad Mother or Psychogenic Parenting?
The Herald
A horrific video depicting the perpetration of epic violence by a young mother has been circulating on social media platforms over the past few days. Read more »
October 14
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - Victims' Fund Overhauled Amid Embezzlement Suspicions
JusticeInfo.net
Despite a reserve of 195 million dollars paid by Uganda, the Special Reparation and Compensation Fund for Victims of Uganda's Armed Activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo… Read more »
