April 21, 2021
South Africa: Indigenous People Being Excluded From Marijuana Industry - Black Farmers Association
Black farmers are taking on the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) over the exclusion of indigenous people in the handing out of cannabis licenses. Read more »
April 19, 2021
Africa: When Will Women Have Equal Access to Land?
In Kenya, residents of a women-only village established in 1990 were finally granted ownership of their tract of land this month. In Tanzania, the government affirmed its… Read more »
April 16, 2021
Burkina Faso: Former President Compaore Charged in Thomas Sankara Murder
A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has charged former president Blaise Compaore with complicity in the 1987 assassination of then-president Thomas Sankara, Read more »
March 26, 2021
Africa: U.S. Anti-Abortionists Tell African Women Dangerous 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Works
An investigation into the practice of telling women that about 'Abortion pill reversal' (APR) - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician -… Read more »
March 17, 2021
Niger: Gunmen Kills Dozens in Attack on Convoy
Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
March 16, 2021
Mali: Ex-Coup Leader Will Not Stand Trial For 2012 Killings
A Bamako court has ended the much-delayed trial of Amadou Sanogo, who was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 coup, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
March 09, 2021
Africa: Shocking Levels of Violence Against Women - UN Report
Shocking levels of violence inflicted by men upon women are reported in a United Nations study published today. The analysis shows that in Sub-Saharan Africa, one in every three… Read more »
March 05, 2021
Senegal: Clashes Between Police and Protesters Continue in Dakar
Violence hit Dakar once again as tensions rose around the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. Read more »
March 04, 2021
Senegal: Opposition Leader Arrested As Supporters Protest
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police in Dakar, Reuters reports. Read more »
February 16, 2021
South Africa: 'Insufficient Evidence' Means No Rape Charges Against DJ Fresh, Euphonik
Rape allegations against - DJ Fresh, real name Thato Sikwane, and Euphonik, real name Themba Nkosi - came to light last month after a woman took to Twitter to make the… Read more »
February 01, 2021
South Africa: Former President Zuma Defies Constitutional Court Ruling to Testify on State Capture
Four days after South Africa's top court ordered former president Jacob Zuma to appear before a commission of inquiry investigating the widespread corruption which spread through… Read more »
January 22, 2021
Africa: Governments Exploited Covid-19 to Crack Down on Human Rights - Report
Covid-19 and the emergency measures taken to combat it have affected the poor in Africa particularly badly, and some governments have exploited the pandemic to restrict human… Read more »
Guinea: Conde's Forces Enjoy Impunity for Abuses
An excerpt on Guinea from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Zimbabwe: Abductions, Torture, Arbitrary Arrests Continued in 2020
An excerpt on Zimbabwe from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Rwanda: Govt Continues to Target Critics, Flout Human Rights - Report
An excerpt on Rwanda from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Ethiopia: Human Rights, Security Erode as Govt Struggles to Keep Order
An excerpt on Ethiopia from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Central African Republic: CAR's Troubled 2020 Human Rights Record
An excerpt on the Central African Republic from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Human Rights Take a Downturn - Report
An excerpt on the DR Congo from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Nigeria: Nation's Human Rights Record in 2020
An excerpt on Nigeria from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
December 24, 2020
Zambia: Two Shot Dead as Police Disperse Opposition Gathering
News agencies and a local newspaper are reporting that two people died of gunshot wounds after Zambian police were deployed to disperse a crowd of opposition supporters in Lusaka. Read more »
December 23, 2020
Africa: South Africa's Land and Women's Rights Activist Sizani Ngubane Dies
South African women's land rights activist Sizani Ngubane has died, according to the Rural Women's Movement (RWM) - an organisation of which she was the director and founder. Read more »
December 15, 2020
South Africa: Magashule Must Step Down, Ruling Party's Commission Says
The integrity commission (IC) of the ruling African National Congress has recommended that secretary-general Ace Magashule step aside with immediate effect, Times Live reports. Read more »
December 10, 2020
Southern Africa: This is What You'd Pay to Meet Fugitive, Self-Proclaimed Prophet Bushiri
Self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri from Malawi and his wife Mary, of the Enlightened Christian Gathering church, are facing charges of corruption and money laundering… Read more »
December 04, 2020
Southern Africa: Malawi Receives South Africa's Extradition Request For Bushiri, Wife
The Malawian government has confirmed receiving an extradition request from South Africa, three weeks after fugitive couple Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary fled the country. Read more »
November 30, 2020
South Africa: Last Day To Have Your Say on the Draft Cannabis Bill!
The draft Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill for South Africa is flawed, restrictive and discriminatory as it focuses only on criminalisation. As the draft is currently open… Read more »