Countries UN challenges Guinea junta on rights Conakry – The United Nations has warned Guinea’s ruling junta about respect for human rights after it cracked down on... Read more 23 Aug, 2022
World UK accused of leaving vulnerable migrant women in limbo Miriam was left stranded and penniless overseas when her abusive British husband decided to return to the UK with... Read more 4 Jul, 2022
Countries UN envoy says slavery persists in Mauritania despite govt efforts Nouakchott – Mauritania has made progress in battling slavery but still has its work cut out to abolish the... Read more 14 May, 2022
Countries Malian forces, suspected Russian fighters killed 300 civilians, HRW says Dakar – Malian forces and suspected Russian fighters killed about 300 civilians in late March in the centre of the... Read more 5 Apr, 2022
World Philippine doctor alleged to be top rebel freed after case dismissed Manila – A Philippine doctor accused of being a leader of a Maoist rebel group and held in jail for... Read more 31 Mar, 2022
World Cuba sentences protester to 5 years for ‘enemy propaganda’ Havana – A Cuban man who staged a rare protest over the detention of a dissident rapper has been slapped... Read more 31 Mar, 2022
Countries In DRC civil servants work until the end of their lives Kinshasa – They are past 70 and sometimes even 100 years old. Many civil servants in the Democratic Republic... Read more 25 Mar, 2022
Countries WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Author who fled ‘torture’ in Uganda arrives in Germany Kampala – An award-winning Ugandan author who fled the country after being charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his... Read more 23 Feb, 2022
Countries WATCH | Mogoeng slams Ramaphosa’s administration over its handling of Covid-19 pandemic Cape Town – Retired chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration over its handling of Covid-19,... Read more 13 Nov, 2021
News UN accuses CAR forces, Russian allies of rights violations The UN’s envoy to the Central African Republic (CAR) accused the nation’s security forces and their Russian allies on... Read more 25 Jun, 2021