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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
