The ethics and integrity ministry and religious leaders have opposed a new sex-education campaign to reduce teen pregnancy, maternal mortality and the cost of post-abortion medical ... Read more »
Mayor of Cape Town Patricia De Lille has appeared before the Seriti Commission of Inquiry and said that charges she laid against some individuals over the multi-billion rand arms ... Read more »
A Ugandan university student who was trafficked and forced to act in porn films has vowed to continue with the campaign against human trafficking in spite of threats. Read more »
On the 20th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's rise to power, human rights and media freedom lobbyists have launched a campaign to draw attention to repression in the country. Read more »
New data from Unicef show that while prevalence of child marriage and genital cutting has decreased slightly over the past three decades, rates of progress need to be scaled up ... Read more »
Global support is growing for the two journalists accused of writing articles that criticise the judiciary, who were recently convicted of contempt of court and facing up to 10 ... Read more »
The Tunisian government's action to close down satellite channels and social media pages on allegations of apostasy and incitement of violence has been condemned. Read more »
Closing the gap between people who are reached with HIV services and people who are not requires research, protective laws that promote freedom and equality for all people, says ... Read more »
At least 2,000 civilians have been killed in the first six months of this year by Boko Haram militants, according to a Human Rights Watch report. Read more »
The authorities in Congo Brazzaville are expelling citizens of DR Congo, despite the signing of a free movement of people agreement between both countries in June. Read more »
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