Africa: Africa's Health Challenge is a Human Rights Issue

Access to health is a human right. The Constitution of the World Health Organization states that "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Constitutional Review Goes Up in Smoke – And the People Lose Again

After three years of arduous work collecting, deliberating and collating views across the country for a new constitution, it looks like Sierra Leone may end up not having one… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Ordinary Citizens Can and Will Now Transform Zimbabwe

Some have questioned whether Zimbabweans have any reason to celebrate the fall of President Robert Mugabe, and sentiments are divided over the meaning of this change to the… Read more »

Africa: Governments Are Closing Down Space for Civil Society - Jay Naidoo

Currently a political and social activist, Jay Naidoo was a pioneering trade unionist who fought apartheid in South Africa and went on after liberation to serve as a minister in… Read more »

Africa: Warning Signs Flash As Governance Progress Slows

Forty of Africa's 55 nations have improved their standards of governance in the past decade, while only 12 have seen a decline. But the rate of improvement has slowed in recent… Read more »

Africa: Where Journalists Are Killed With Impunity

Somalia has the world's worst record for solving the murders of journalists – and holds it for the third year running, says a new report. Read more »

Nigeria: Why Boko Haram Suspects Deserve Fair Trials

As I waited at Nigeria's Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, watching bags of various colors and shapes tumble onto the carousel, I cast a glance around the airport. It always feels… Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Blame Game - What Mugabe's Been Playing Since 1980

As Zimbabwe's economy has gone from bad to worse in recent years, Robert Mugabe's political and physical demise has been predicted many times but he has always confounded his many… Read more »

Cameroon: How Yaounde is Stifling Freedom

The regime in Yaounde has a simple way of making sure citizens toe the line. Rights provided for in the constitution is simply for reading pleasure. It is meant to please the… Read more »

Africa: #MeToo - Good Men Should Not be Quiet Spectators

The pain and anger of more than a million people who tweeted #MeToo in the last week has crowded social media with personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. This virtual… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Dozens Apply For Hangman Post

More than 50 job-seekers have applied for the hangman's post in Zimbabwe, Newsday reports. Read more »

Africa: It's Time to End the Stigma and Silence Around Abortion

International Safe Abortion Day - celebrated every year on September 28 - marks a woman's fundamental reproductive right to access safe, legal abortion. For many women all over the… Read more »

Zambia: Remember When Lungu Said He's Learning a Lot from Mugabe?

Zambia has attracted some international attention over events that have taken place over a relatively short time. The world's media has in the past found Zambia uninteresting but… Read more »

South Africa: The Elders, Capetonians #WalkTogether on Mandela Day

Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Parade in Cape Town to mark Mandela Day. Led by The Elders, a forum of former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela a decade ago, the… Read more »

Cameroon: Radio Journalist Wins Top Press Freedom Award

Ahmed Abba, the journalist from Cameroon serving a 10-year prison sentence arising from his coverage of Boko Haram extremists, has won a top press freedom award. Read more »

Africa: South Africa Escapes Security Council Referral Over Bashir Non-Arrest

The South African government has escaped being referred to the United Nations Security Council for its failure to arrest President Omar al-Bashir when the Sudanese leader visited… Read more »

Ethiopia: Govt Shuts Down Mobile Internet

Ethiopia's government offered no explanation for the national mobile internet shutdown, AFP reports. Read more »

Cameroon: Colonial Solutions to the Anglophone Problem Misguided

The so called Anglophone problem in Cameroon is proving to be the biggest challenge to President Paul Biya's 34 years in power. The government is battling with with the use of… Read more »

Zimbabwe: What The Stars Hold for Mugabe: Craziness, Thrift, Dates With Grace

As President Robert Mugabe's birthday draws near, we wanted to share some predictions for this 93-year-old long-time leader's life. Read more »

Cameroon: Ahmed Abba is a Victim of Cameroon's War on Terror

Cameroon has remained in a protracted battle with the Boko Haram Islamist militant sect since 2014 when the group began attacking the government. The International Crisis Group… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Young Congolese Look to Chart a New Path

A year ago in Kinshasa, President Joseph Kabila's security forces kidnapped youth activist Jean-Marie Kalonji, coordinator of "Quatrième Voie" (the Fourth Way) and "Il Est… Read more »

Cameroon: MP Defies Speaker, Slams Govt's Handling of Protests

Member of parliament for Kumbo, Wirba Joseph, has become an Internet sensation after he castigated the government for its handling of both the student strike in Buea and other… Read more »

Gambia: Is Freedom Stirring in Banjul?

"We are ready for change!" These were the words of the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport in Gambia. We had just passed a huge billboard bearing the image of President… Read more »

Ethiopia: Medallist's Protest Raises Eyebrows in Rio

Long-distance runner Feyisa Lilesa, 26, managed to hold on to collect silver in an exciting race that saw Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge cement his status as "the most commanding marathon… Read more »

Ethiopia: Protests in Oromia, Amhara Regions Present 'Critical Challenge' - U.S.

The Obama administration's top official promoting democracy and human rights,Tom Malinowski, says the Ethiopian government's tactics in response to protests in the Oromia and… Read more »