Countries Amnesty accuses Haftar-linked Libya force of war crimes Tripoli – Amnesty International accused on Monday an eastern Libyan armed group of committing war crimes and serious abuses... Read more 20 Dec, 2022
Countries Tunisian faces return to prison in homosexuality case Kairouan – A Tunisian man appeared in court on Monday in the latest hearing in a long-running case that... Read more 20 Dec, 2022
Algeria Algerian activist returned from Tunisia jailed for 3 years Algiers – An Algerian activist who had refugee status in Tunisia but was mysteriously returned to face trial in... Read more 18 Dec, 2022
Countries Nigeria judge sentences imam to death over blasphemy Kano – A Nigerian Islamic Sharia court has sentenced a prominent Sufi Muslim cleric to death for blasphemy against... Read more 16 Dec, 2022
Countries Equatorial Guinea frees rights activist Malabo – Human rights activist Joaquin Elo Ayeto told AFP on Monday that Equatorial Guinea had released him after... Read more 13 Dec, 2022
Countries DRC Tutsis face threats, prejudice amid rebel crisis Goma – Sitting in a small courtyard in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a 55-year-old Tutsi woman... Read more 12 Dec, 2022
Countries Why women sometimes stay with abusers: insights from a Nigerian study Steven Kator Iorfa, University of Nigeria; James Edem Effiong, The University of Uyo, and Peace N. Ibeagha, University of... Read more 8 Dec, 2022
Countries Hunger, cholera stalk displacement camps near east DRC city Goma – Thousands of tiny makeshift shelters hug the road leading north out of Goma, a symptom of the... Read more 8 Dec, 2022
Countries Morocco ex-minister denied release from prison after ‘adultery’ video Rabat – A Moroccan court has rejected a request to release a former rights minister turned outspoken government critic... Read more 7 Dec, 2022
Countries Egypt releases researcher jailed since 2015 Cairo – Egypt released on Monday jailed security expert Ismail Alexandrani after his 10-year sentence was commuted in October,... Read more 6 Dec, 2022