August 18, 2022
South Sudan: Use Peace Deal Extension for Reforms
Delay Shouldn't Perpetuate Abuses Read more »
August 12, 2022
Uganda: Uganda Bans Prominent LGBTQ Rights Group
Last week, Uganda's National Bureau for Non-governmental Organizations banned Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)… Read more »
August 02, 2022
Kenya: Police Impunity Raises Election Risk
Authorities Yet to Investigate Killings by Security Forces Linked to 2017 Voting Read more »
Kenya: Concerns Over Possible Violence if Presidential Poll is Disputed
In the August 9 general election, Kenyans will vote for members of county assemblies, county governors, members of the national assembly and senate, and the successor to President… Read more »
July 29, 2022
South Sudan: Adoption of the Outcome of the UN Universal Periodic Review
Mr President, Read more »
May 26, 2021
Uganda: Uganda - Covid-19 Pandemic Fueling Child Labor
Meager Government Aid Leaves Children Working Long Hours for Little Pay Read more »
December 04, 2020
Uganda: How 'Sex Testing', Operation Affected Annet Negesa's Running Career
Annet Negesa, a middle-distance runner from Uganda, does not know when she first caught the attention of athletics officials, but the testing began in 2011. Read more »
August 05, 2019
Uganda: Street Children Rounded up in Kampala
"They took us at night, so we didn't know where we were being taken," 11-year-old Jonathan (not his real name) told me. Read more »
January 18, 2018
Kenya: Both Elections Marred by Human Rights Abuses - Report
On August 8, Kenya's electoral commission declared incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta winner for a second term, amid opposition and civil society claims of fraud. The elections… Read more »
January 15, 2013
Eritrea: Mining Companies Warned Against Using Forced Labour
International mining firms rushing to invest in Eritrea's burgeoning minerals sector risk involvement in serious abuses unless they take strong preventive measures. The failure of… Read more »
January 16, 2012
Ethiopia: Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, Hardship
The Ethiopian government under its "villagization" program is forcibly relocating approximately 70,000 indigenous people from the western Gambella region to new villages that lack… Read more »
July 02, 2007
Ethiopia: Crackdown in East Punishes Civilians
The Ethiopian military has forcibly displaced thousands of civilians in the country's eastern Somali region in recent weeks while escalating its campaign against a separatist… Read more »
January 16, 2006
Rwanda: Historic Ruling Expected for Former President And Seven Others
The Supreme Court of Rwanda is scheduled to rule January 17 on the bid by former president Pasteur Bizimungu and seven others to have their convictions on charges of having formed… Read more »