October 25
Nigeria: Shell Divestment - Amnesty Warns Against Worsening Human Rights Abuses in Niger Delta
This Day
Amnesty International has urged federal government of Nigeria to ensure that Shell's planned sale of its operations in the Niger Delta region, does not worsen human rights abuses… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Rights Lawyers Condemn Passing of 'Repressive Pvo Bill' in Senate Without a Debate
New Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have condemned the recent passing of the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill by the Senate without any… Read more »
Kenya: Justice Chigiti Refers Petition Challenging Proposed Adani JKIA Takeover to CJ Koome for Empanelment
Capital FM
The High Court has referred the petition challenging the proposed takeover of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by Adani to Chief Justice Martha Koome for the… Read more »
October 24
Sudan: UN, African Union Should Take Bold Action to Protect Sudanese Civilians
HRW
Deployment of Mission to Protect Civilians Can't Wait Read more »
Mozambique: Observers Raise Serious Concerns About Election Credibility
HRW
Authorities Should Respond to Demonstrations by Respecting Rights Read more »
Nigeria: Hope or Hardship for Nigeria? Tinubu's Economic Reforms and Their Fallout
HRW
Nigeria is grappling with its worst cost of living crisis in nearly 30 years - and President Bola Tinubu, who was praised as a "renewer of hope" just last year, is partially… Read more »
Uganda: Meet the Young Women Arrested for Fighting Corruption in Uganda
IPS
Until recently, Margaret Natabi would never have dreamed of taking her anti-corruption fight on the streets of Uganda's capital, Kampala. Read more »
Mauritius: Five Journalists Targeted by Wiretapping in Mauritius: RSF Calls For An Independent Investigation [press release]
RSF
Over the past few days, excerpts of phone conversations between politicians, members of civil society and journalists in Mauritius have been leaked.. Five well-known journalists… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana: RSF Condemns the Assault of Three Environmental Journalists Reporting on a Mining Site [press release]
RSF
Erastus Asare Donkor, Majid Alidu and Nicholas Suantah, journalists for Multimedia Group Limited, were violently assaulted by a group of armed men while reporting on a mining site… Read more »
Morocco: Moroccan Court Overturns Landmark Marital Rape Conviction
HRW
Strengthen Laws on Violence Against Women Read more »
South Africa: Suspect Arrested for Alleged Rape, Murder of Six-Year-Old Soweto Girl
SAnews.gov.za
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has thanked the community of Soweto, journalists, media houses and all social media users for assisting to track down a man who was wanted… Read more »
Uganda: EU-Funded Project to Curb Rights Abuses Launched in Busoga
Nile Post
A new project aimed at reducing human rights abuses, particularly for women in business, has been launched in Uganda's Busoga region. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Sowing Seeds of Change - How 37 Women of Mutoko Are Battling Hunger and Gender-Based Violence
263Chat
In the heart of Mutoko, deep in Chiutsi rural village, a group of 37 determined women has turned adversity into opportunity. Faced with the crippling effects of an El… Read more »
Nigeria: Not 'Snubbed' - Nigerian Government Says It Wasn't a Candidate for Election to the UN Human Rights Council
Africa Check
Not 'snubbed' - Nigerian government says it wasn't a candidate for election to the UN Human Rights Council Read more »
South Africa: Facebook Serial Rapist Sentenced to Two Life Terms Imprisonment Plus 60 Years' [press release]
SAPS
Thohoyandou High Court in Vhembe District sentenced a 35-year-old Mikovhe Vincent Makhavhu to two life terms imprisonment and an additional 60 years' for rape, compelled sexual… Read more »
October 23
Burkina Faso: Human Rights Watch Criticizes Burkina Faso for Omitting Abuses in State Report
VOA
Human Rights Watch is calling out the government of Burkina Faso for failing to include human rights violations taking place in the country in a report to the African Commission on… Read more »
Uganda: Criminalization Shrinks Online Civic Space for LGBTQ People - Report
AI London
Online attacks against Uganda's LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench… Read more »
Uganda: 'Drastic' Increase in Online Attacks Against LGBTQ People Having 'Devastating Consequences' - New Report [press release]
AI London
Online attacks against Uganda's LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalise various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Group Urges Action After Documenting 52 Cases of Enforced Disappearances, Arbitrary Detentions
Addis Standard
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called for urgent action to ensure accountability and justice after documenting 52 cases of enforced disappearances and arbitrary… Read more »
South Africa: Stop the Killing and Intimidation of Whistleblowers, Demand Activists
GroundUp
Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered Read more »
Uganda: 'Everybody Here Is Having Two Lives or Phones': the Devastating Impact of Criminalization On Digital Spaces for LGBTQ People in Uganda [press release]
AI London
In this report, Amnesty International has documented how the threats and presence of various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ people, in… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Justice Deputy Minister Dismisses Rights Abuse Claims
The Herald
ZIMBABWE has noted with concern a generalised and unsubstantiated statement by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which claims Government is stifling freedom of… Read more »
October 22
Africa: Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics [analysis]
IPS
New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth,… Read more »
Africa: Freedom House Researcher Explains How Free Freedom Is On the Net [interview]
VOA
Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th straight year, according to Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2024 report. VOA's Philip Alexiou spoke with Elizabeth Sutterlin, a… Read more »
Africa: Responsibility to Protect - Africans' Fate Caught in Global Crises [analysis]
African Arguments
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
