September 13, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: End Sexual Violence in Eastern Region
In this statement, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and current Co-Director of AIDS-Free World Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ogaden Leaders Accuse Govt of 'Genocide'
Leaders of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (OLNF), a rebel group fighting against the Ethiopian government, have accused the Ethiopian army of committing crimes… Read more »
September 08, 2007
Morocco: Elections May Mark Islamist Revival
A moderate Islamist group that had the third-highest number of seats in Morocco's lower chamber of Parliament expects to be the biggest beneficiary in the country's… Read more »
September 06, 2007
Somalia: Crisis Among World's Worst, Says Rights Expert
The scale of human rights abuses and the displacement of people in Somalia has made it among the world's worst situations of its kind, a rights expert has told a meeting in… Read more »
Somalia: Another Journalist Threatened
The organising secretary of the National Union of Somali Journalists, Ali Moallim Isak, received threatening phone calls after two gunmen arrived at his office only to find that he… Read more »
August 24, 2007
Sudan: Govt Accused of Breaking Darfur Arms Embargo
The human rights group, Amnesty International released photographs Friday showing the Sudanese government continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur in what the… Read more »
August 21, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: New Democracy Must Build on Local Leaders
With conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo cooling, and warriors aspiring to become democrats, the country’s new constitution is coming under increased scrutiny. Read more »
August 14, 2007
Zimbabwe: Deploy Human Rights Monitors, Urges Group
A prominent human rights organisation has urged southern African heads of state meeting in Zambia this week to deploy human rights monitors in Zimbabwe. Read more »
July 20, 2007
Ethiopia: 38 Political Prisoners Released
The Ethiopian government released 38 members of the opposition from jail on Friday. Read more »
July 16, 2007
Botswana: Police Arrest Gana and Gwi, Says Rights Group
Botswana police have arrested 21 Gana and Gwi hunter-gatherers for hunting on their ancestral land, says an activist group which campaigns for the rights of indigenous people. Read more »
July 13, 2007
Chad: No Special Court for Habré, Says Senegal
The Senegalese government on Thursday announced that the trial of former Chadian President Hissene Habré will not take place in a special court as initially suggested. Read more »
July 11, 2007
Zimbabwe: Rulers Employ 'Divide-and-Rule' Tactics - Report
Zimbabwe's rulers have adopted a deliberate strategy of exacerbating tensions between the two wings of the country's divided opposition, according to a new report by a… Read more »
July 06, 2007
Eritrea: Journalist Dies in Attempt to Cross Border
Eritrean journalist Paulos Kidane died last month in an attempt to cross the border into Sudan, according to Reporters Without Borders. Paulos, a reporter on the state-owned Eri-TV… Read more »
July 02, 2007
Africa: Civil Society Discusses Darfur, Zimbabwe at Summit
African officials and members of civil society organizations across the continent have been debating the twin crises in Darfur, Sudan and Zimbabwe ahead of the African Union Summit… Read more »
June 30, 2007
Sudan: African Celebrities Appeal to Heads of State on Darfur
African leaders are meeting in Ghana, the land of Kwame Nkrumah, this week to discuss the future of the African Union. Their summit is dedicated to a single subject: the project of… Read more »
June 27, 2007
Guinea: Soldiers Guilty of Torture, Rape and Executions - Report
Guinea's security forces have illegally executed civilians and used deliberate and excessive force, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Read more »
June 26, 2007
Congo-Brazzaville: Electoral Fiasco Upsets Voters
Major voting irregularities marred the first round of parliamentary elections in Congo-Brazzaville Sunday. Read more »
June 18, 2007
Africa: Aids Battle Makes Progress But More Work Needed, Says World Bank
Africa is making progress in the fight against HIV, according to a report just released by the World Bank. Read more »
June 01, 2007
Senegal: Police Seize Radio Station Equipment
Sixty armed Senegalese government security agents raided the headquarters of a radio station yesterday, the Senegalese newspaper Wal Fadjri reported. Read more »
May 29, 2007
Sudan: Bush Imposes New Sanctions Over Darfur
The United States has stepped up its sanctions against Sudan and announced that it will press the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new package of international sanctions,… Read more »
May 28, 2007
Eswatini: Report Links Discrimination to HIV
Gender-based discrimination in Botswana and Swaziland is integrally linked to the high rates of HIV infection among women in those countries, a study by Physicians for Human Rights… Read more »
May 25, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Clashes With Unions
As tens of thousands of public servants marched in support of a pay claim against the government on Friday, President Thabo Mbeki clashed publicly with a top official of the union… Read more »
May 24, 2007
Africa: Hundreds of Thousands Evicted Across Continent
Hundreds of thousands of Africans in many different countries were deliberately rendered homeless last year, Amnesty International has reported. Read more »
May 21, 2007
Zimbabwe: Parliament's Human Rights Probe to Continue, Says MP
The South African member of the Pan African Parliament who successfully proposed that the body should investigate reports of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has denied that the… Read more »
May 09, 2007
Africa: AU Chair Urges Zimbabwe to Respect Law
The African Union chairman, President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana, has reiterated his concern at the recent behaviour of the Zimbabwe government. Read more »
