The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has released a deeply troubling report, highlighting the widespread occurrence of sexual violence linked to the conflict in the Amhara region. ... Read more »
Less than 10% of hundreds of decisions handed down by the African Court during its 17 years of operation have so far been implemented by respondent states. Tanzanian Judge Imani ... Read more »
A colonial-era piece of legislation that made same-sex relationships illegal has been declared unlawful in Mauritius, according to a Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ... Read more »
Several "defects" found in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Unemployment Insurance Fund Act must be resolved by Parliament within two years, the Johannesburg High ... Read more »
Nigerian security personnel have arrested at least 76 people accused of organizing a gay wedding in Gombe state, in the latest raid on the LGBTQI+ community. The ar Read more »
In a country where gay sex remains illegal and LGBTQ+ people often face discrimination and harassment, gay and transgender musicians, poets and other artists are finding ways to ... Read more »
Authorities in Chad have refused to carry out a credible investigatation of the the killings and massive crackdown against large-scale protests in Chad in October 2022, Human ... Read more »
Chadian rights groups and the political opposition have been organizing protests before the one-year anniversary of the crackdown that killed 128 people and injured over 500 others ... Read more »
Settlement talks in a long-standing legal case involving 184 Nairobi-based Facebook content moderators and Meta, the platform's parent company has collapsed. These Read more »
The World Bank will make sure that Ugandans are not subjected to discrimination in its programmes before restarting new funding suspended in August 2023, Victoria Kwakwa, the ... Read more »
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