Human Rights Watch say Boko Haram sect might have committed crimes against humanity during three years of conflict that has killed at least 2,800 people. Read more »
The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance has held the police culpable in the death of TV reporter Daudi Mwangosi, claiming it was due to gross violations of human rights ... Read more »
The European Union has voiced its support of the Tunisian's government decision to abolish the death penalty. Read more »
The National Transitional Council of the Gambia, an exiled opposition group, has called on President Yahya Jammeh to give up power within 30 days. Read more »
The government has called on the three war veterans suing Britain for torture sustained in the 1950s Mau Mau uprising to settle the case out of court, suggesting instead a welfare ... Read more »
The Joburg Gay Pride parade, the longest-running and largest Pride event in Africa, was halted by activists who staged a protest act to commemorate the murder of black lesbians, ... Read more »
The United Kingdom and Nigeria have reached an understanding to swap prison inmates the moment Nigeria signs its Prison Act into law. The chairman of senate committee on human ... Read more »
Aid agencies and human rights groups are warning that children as young as 11 are being recruited by the warren sides in Mali to man checkpoints, gather intelligence and search ... Read more »
The International Criminal Court judges will be hearing the evidence of defence witnesses who are based in Europe in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial first before the rest of the ... Read more »
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