August 14, 2007
Liberia: Taylor Seeks to Postpone Trial Again
The special court trying the former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, will next week consider an application by defence lawyers to postpone the trial until January next year. 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 03, 2007
Liberia: Charles Taylor Appears at Trial
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor made his first appearance for his war crimes trial at a hearing at The Hague today. However, the trial’s proceedings were postponed… 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 25, 2007
Liberia: Taylor Trial Delayed Again
The trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on war crimes charges was again delayed today by wrangles over his legal representation. Read more »
June 19, 2007
Lesotho: Govt Eases Curfew After Attacks on Politicians
The Lesotho government has slightly eased the curfew it imposed in the capital, Maseru, last weekend after attacks on the homes of leading politicians. Read more »
June 13, 2007
Guinea: PM Presses for International Support
After widespread unrest in Guinea earlier this year, during which more than 100 people died, President Lansana Conté, who has ruled the country since seizing power in a coup… Read more »
June 04, 2007
West Africa: Website Launched to Cover Taylor Trial
Civil society groups today launch a project to provide daily news and expert analysis of the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. 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 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 07, 2007
Zimbabwe: Human Rights Lawyers Released
Two of Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyers were released on bail Monday, one day after a High Court Justice ordered their release. Read more »
April 25, 2007
Africa: Fake Drugs are 'Everyone's Problem'
When intellectual property rights protections fail, the results can be deadly. During a meningitis epidemic in Niger in 1995, more than 50,000 people were inoculated with fake… Read more »
April 23, 2007
Nigeria: Umaru Yar'Adua Declared Victor in Presidential Poll
Nigeria's election commission has declared Umaru Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party the winner of the presidential election, despite widespread… Read more »
April 18, 2007
Nigeria: Corruption Fights Back
The issue of corruption generates much of the heat in the debate over Nigeria's forthcoming presidential election, scheduled for Saturday. Outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo… Read more »
April 06, 2007
Rwanda: Former President Pardoned
Pasteur Bizimungu, the former president of Rwanda, has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from current President Paul Kagame. Read more »
Nigeria: 'We Have to Change our Country' Says Anti-Corruption Chief Ribadu
Since the creation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2003 the spotlight on corruption in Nigeria has been bright. The commission has reportedly secured more than… Read more »
March 19, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace
In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »
March 14, 2007
Nigeria: 'Mr Demolition' Talks of Changing a City and a Country
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja and a senior member of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, last week visited… Read more »
March 13, 2007
South Africa: Gov't Calls on Zimbabwe to Respect Law
Under fire for failing to speak out on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, the South African government Tuesday night issued a cautiously-worded appeal for its neighbour to respect… Read more »
March 07, 2007
Kenya: Odinga Says Now is the Time for Change
Kenyan Member of Parliament Raila Odinga is a leading contender for the nomination of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-Kenya) for this December's… Read more »
February 22, 2007
South Africa: Cabinet Condemns Violence Against Somalis
The South African Cabinet has condemned the recent violence perpetrated against Somali shop owners in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Read more »
February 20, 2007
Lesotho: Victory Secured for Ruling Party
The ruling Lesotho Congress Party has retained power in the kingdom's elections, but with a reduced majority. Read more »
