Libya's new prime minister Abdel Rahim al-Keib has vowed his interim government will prioritise human rights after he was elected in a public vote by National Transitional Council ... Read more »
A bill in the Nigerian Senate that would imprison same-sex couples for three years for getting married passed the critical second reading and was sent to the Standing Committee on ... Read more »
Traffickers and smugglers count on drought, poverty and conflict -and the promise of a better life - to smuggle people all the world. Read more »
Primie Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has caused much controversy with calls for the legalisation of homosexuality. Read more »
A human rights report has urged the International Criminal Court to investigate atrocities committed in the Mount Elgon region in 2008. Read more »
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai addressed parliament on the debate over gay rights, saying that the citizens were writing a new constitution and they would define the sort of ... Read more »
Reports of gender-based violence are on the rise in cities, and experts say the police must improve their handling of cases of sexual assault to build public trust in the justice ... Read more »
Some 27,000 Sierra Leoneans are estimated to have been disabled or have had one or more of their limbs amputated during the 1991-2002 civil war. Read more »
Some people desperately trying to survive vent their anger at immigrants, accusing them of taking their jobs. Read more »
The human rights situation is dire in a volatile and unstable country ravaged by a conflict involving a myriad of groups, says Amnesty International. Read more »
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