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 »
Following days of opposition protests against a decree in which President Mohamed Mursi assigned himself sweeping powers, he has climbed down - but he insists on holding a ... Read more »
Days after Congolese national army troops regained control of the eastern provincial capital, Goma, from rebel groups, officials say local women began showing up at area hospitals ... Read more »
The jail sentences which an anti-gay bill in Parliament provides for are making people afraid to be seen talking to or socializing with their gay friends. Read more »
The Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) has alleged that its supporters were attacked and tortured by suspected 'Zanu-PF thugs'. Read more »
Several groups called for a march to the presidential palace to express their disapproval of the draft constitution, a charter described by opposition groups as a project to ... Read more »
Amid reports of rising political intimidation in Zimbabwe, Brian Raftopoulos analyses the country's political stalemate and suggests three strategic positions that need to be ... Read more »
This is a series of stories, by Leonie Marinovich for Daily Maverick, in which urban African women speak frankly about the nuances and strategies of living with their HIV status, ... Read more »
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