The International Criminal Court's prosecutor has been called on to re-energise efforts to indict those responsible for atrocities in the country after a former militia leader was ... Read more »
The Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Hague has pushed forward the oral hearing of appeals in the case of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Read more »
President Yoweri Museveni has said no one will be killed or prosecuted for being gay, but "the issue is... holding conferences to promote homosexuality as if it's a good thing". Read more »
Parliament has failed to pass a bill that would sentence homosexuals to death. Read more »
The International Criminal Court, through its prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, has reaffirmed its commitment to prosecute the Lord's Resistance Army leader and his accomplices. Read more »
Dozens of activists protested outside the Ugandan embassy in London to demonstrate against what they referred to as "world's most harsh and comprehensively homophobic law". Read more »
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson was among those who testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights ... Read more »
South Africa brought its 16 Days of Activism campaign to a close with the launch of the National Council Against Gender-Based Violence. Launched by deputy president Kgalema ... Read more »
President Jacob Zuma has lauded Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the country's legendary human rights campaigners, for being awarded the UNESCO/Bilbao Human Rights Prize. Read more »
Human rights groups are complaining of attacks and intimidation by the country's security agents ahead of 2013 general elections . Read more »
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