January 06, 2023
Kenya: Rights Groups Welcome Ruto's Promised Investigations Into Police Killings in Kenya
Rights groups are welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto's order for investigations into extra judicial killings carried out by police. Ruto told Kenyan media Wednesday one police… Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Found Dead
The body of a Kenyan gay rights activist was found in a metal box discarded along a road in Kenya's Uasin Gishu county, in the western region of the country. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Military Denies Involvement in House Burnings in Northwest Region
Rights groups in Cameroon have accused the military of torching scores of homes this week of suspected separatist supporters, leaving hundreds of people homeless this holiday… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Zambia: Hichilema Repeals Defamation Law and Death Penalty
Critics of Zambia's law against insulting the president have welcomed the government's repeal of the controversial measure as a step forward for democracy. Rights groups say the… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Rights Groups Demand Protection of Displaced Women and Children From Rights Abuses
Ahead of World Human Rights Day this Saturday (12/10), Cameroonian rights groups are protesting what they call dehumanizing treatment of women and children displaced by the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Critical Aid Arrives in Conflict-Ridden Northern Ethiopia As Cease-Fire Holds
The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, reports it is stepping up critical aid to thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in conflict-ridden northern Ethiopia. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Rights Commission Set to Probe Alleged Secret, Forced Abortion Program By Military
Nigeria's human rights commission said Friday it will probe a report that the Nigerian military has secretly run an abortion program that terminated thousands of pregnancies among… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Ethiopia: State-Owned Electric Company Says Tigray's Capital Mekelle Reconnected
Ethiopia's electric company says it has reconnected the Tigray region's capital, Mekelle, to the national grid for the first time in more than a year. Read more »
December 05, 2022
Ethiopia: Report - Guards Massacred 83 Tigrayan Prisoners At Camp in Southern Ethiopia
A published report says Ethiopian guards and villagers massacred 83 Tigrayan prisoners at a camp in southern Ethiopia last November in what the report calls the deadliest killing… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Cameroon: Disabled Ask for Greater Inclusion in Public Office and Political Life
Scores of Cameroonians with physical disabilities petitioned the government on Friday for better representation in public office and political parties. Meeting in the capital… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Malawi: UNHCR Urges Malawi Against Forcing Refugees to Return to Overcrowded Camp
The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, says it "deeply regrets" Malawi's decision to force about 8,000 refugees living in rural and urban areas back to the overcrowded Dzaleka refugee… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Ethiopia: Amnesty International Calls On Ethiopia to Prioritize Justice for Sexual Violence Victims and Survivors
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the African Union to pressure the Ethiopian government to ensure justice for victims of sexual violence in the two-year war… Read more »
November 19, 2022
Somalia: Media Group Concerned About Alleged Government Moves
A media watchdog in Somalia says the government is pressuring one of its leaders to stop criticizing authorities. Read more »
November 17, 2022
Sudan: UN Commissioner Urges Respect for Human Rights in Democratic Transition
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on a visit to Sudan has urged authorities to respect human rights as a core of the country's transition to democracy. At the end of his… Read more »
Tunisia: Being Black in Tunisia
Growing up in a working-class Tunis neighborhood, Zied Rouine didn't think much about his skin color. Not when children insulted him at school, or when his football teammates… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Mali: Rights Commission Condemns Restrictions On Free Press
Mali's National Human Rights Commission has condemned restrictions on press freedom, after authorities suspended one the country's main TV channels. Action was taken against Joliba… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Senegal: Historic Senegal Fishmeal Factory Lawsuit Dismissed
A court in Senegal has dismissed a lawsuit by a fishermen's collective against a fishmeal factory they had accused of polluting their village and destroying their livelihoods. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: IDP Camp Closures Deepen Desperation in Borno State, Rights Group Says
The closure of camps for people displaced by Islamist militants in Nigeria's Borno state has pushed more than 200,000 people into extreme poverty, a rights group says. Read more »
October 22, 2022
South Africa: Former President Zuma Calls Courts Unjust After Completing Jail Term
South Africa's scandal-embroiled former president, Jacob Zuma, addressed the media Saturday for the first time after completing a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, alleging… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Chad: UN Rights Chief Urges End to Deadly Crackdown On Chad Protesters
The U.N.'s chief human rights official, Volker Tuerk, is calling for an end to the use of lethal force by Chadian security forces who reportedly killed and wounded dozens of… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Cameroon: Military Arrests Soldiers for Human Rights Violations
Cameroon's military said several soldiers have been arrested for torturing a suspected separatist general and fighters, following deadly fighting in the northwestern village of… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Rights Chief - Fighting in Tigray Taking Toll On Civilians
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, says the escalating hostilities in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region are taking a devastating toll on the civilian… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Africa: UN Report Targets Racism Against People of African Descent
A report by the U.N. human rights office finds systemic racism against people of African descent is deep-rooted and says urgent measures are needed to dismantle discriminatory… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Cameroon: Anglophone Hospital Workers Say They're Victims of Both Military and Separatist Brutality
Separatists in Cameroon have abducted five hospital staffers in the western town of Kumbo. The rebels say they were retaliating after Cameroon's military entered the hospital and… Read more »
September 24, 2022
Africa: Why African Nations Are Mostly Silent On China's Rights Record
Most African states have stayed silent as Western nations and rights groups condemn China over a recent United Nations human rights report on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other… Read more »