Fifty-four alleged followers of Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda, charged in court have distanced themselves with him claiming they were arrested simply because they wore Muslim skull caps. Read more »
Structural concerns has been cited as the reasons for France's delay in trying genocide fugitives, according to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Read more »
Authorities have banned three civic organizations under a controversial 2009 law that prohibits NGOs from engaging in human rights advocacy or policy-related activities and caps ... Read more »
Human rights groups have reminded Hague Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that former President Laurent Gbagbo is not the only suspect in crimes committed in his country, as hearings ... Read more »
A group of lawmakers from the ruling party joined bv some opposition figures have held a rally to pressure President Yoweri Museveni not to seek another term in 2016. Museveni, who ... Read more »
Leaders from across the political divide have accused the president and his office of defying court orders to gazette the names endorsed by parliament for the National Land ... Read more »
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission has denied claims by the ministry of public works that it brutalized the ministry's communications director, Jesefu Morris Keita. Read more »
Former police chief Beatrice Munah Sieh-Brown and four others have pleaded not guilty to charges of economic sabotage and criminal conspiracy. Read more »
Blade runner Oscar Pistorius has denied murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in an affidavit that was read out in the Pretoria Magistrates court. Earlier, Judge Desmond Nair ... Read more »
Premier of the North West Province in South Africa has said that men found guilty of raping women and children should be punished by chemical castration. Read more »
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