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Egypt accused of killing 25 black African migrants
London-based international human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has accused Egyptian security forces of killing 19 sub-Saharan migrants in January 2008.
According to AI, the...
Moroccan political prisoners spent a quarter century behind bars
The Moroccan government, on august 14 and 21, released the oldest Moroccan political prisoners a quarter century after they were accused and sentenced for...
When rape victims are accused
Violence against women is poorly legislated against and rarely prosecuted the world over. North Africa is no exception. Although Tunisia provides for the death...
Whipping to be used as a disciplinary measure in Kenyan schools ?
Kenyan civil society groups Thursday termed as retrogressive a fresh attempt to re-introduce caning in schools to curb riots in schools, warning they would...
Homophobia is fueling HIV spread in Africa
The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to combat HIV, both within...
Prisonners starve to death
Twenty-six detainees have starved to death in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prison since the start of 2008, according to the UN Mission...
Moroccan women : A step beyond women from other Arab countries
The Moroccan government has decided to set October 10 aside as a national day for Moroccan women, an action that has been widely approved...
Terrorism : A stroke of luck for the Tunisian torturer ?
The independence of the justice system is not guaranteed in Tunisia. Right to defence are minimized as all proceedings rules are continually defied. Anouar...
Rule of terror as the Gambia holds journalist for more than 730 days
A sub-regional media freedom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Monday decried "the continued detention of Gambian journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh", saying he...
Attorney general’s office charges military over torture
Kenya's Attorney-General is set to make history, becoming the first civilian to investigate human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the military in an operation...
Political prisoners in overcrowded Zimbabwe jails to be released
Petty criminals currently in Zimbabwean overcrowded jails would be set free to pave way for hundreds of anticipated political prisoners. Justice ministry has...
Ghana a child and sexual trafficking route ?
The US is worried that the West African state of Ghana is a major source, transit and destination country for children and women trafficked...
Men fighting for women’s equality
Another overheard a young woman in a mini-bus say to her friend, “I do things wrong. Of course he must beat me. How would...
Egyptian police tortured bloggers
Egyptian authorities have released three bloggers, including Karim El Beheiri, who were arrested and detained following their coverage of demonstrations to protest rising prices...
Cameroonian journalists receive two suspicious police summons
Two journalists working for the Cameroonian private daily, Le Messager in Yaoundé, have been summoned to the police headquarters.
Marie Noëlle Guichi and Jean François...
South Africa : Burning the welcome mat
The death toll in a wave of attacks targeting foreigners around South Africa's main city of Johannesburg has reportedly risen to 22, with an...
Over 100 rebel suspects arrested in Sudan
The Sudanese government has arrested more than 100 suspected supporters of a Darfur rebel group which attacked capital, Khartoum and its suburbs on Saturday,...
Morocco : Suspicious sinking of migrant boat
The Moroccan government should immediately investigate allegations that its naval forces sank a boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 28 migrants drowned,...
Ethiopia accuses AI for resorting to fabricated stories
Ethiopia has accused human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) of lending itself to a smear campaign against Ethiopian troops protecting the Transitional Federal Government...
Ghana court decides Liberian refugees should go back home
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Thursday dealt a blow to the hopes of 23 Liberian refugees in Ghana when it ordered their...
DR Congo detains teachers accused of planning to attack Rwanda
Twelve Congolese teachers serving in Rwanda have bee n detained at the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) in Bukavu, the South Kivu province in the...
Belgian journalist held in Congo
A Congolese human rights group, Voice of the Voiceless (VSV), has denounced the arrest of a Belgian independent journalist M. Collin in Bas-Congo province...
Several torture camps discovered in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is using a network of informal detention centres to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch...
AU to set up single Court of Justice and Human Rights
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union (AU) are to be merged in a...
Four American filmmakers under arrest in Nigeria
Four American documentary filmmakers and a Nigerian citizen were arrested by the Nigerian military in Delta State on April 12. The Seattle-based film crew...
Youtube video of Florida teenage girls attacking another raises concern
Florida, Eight teenagers were arrested on charges of battery and false imprisonement on a 16 year old teenager.
The teenagers had attacked thier victim to...
UNICEF moves to end rape of women in DRC
UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman and playwright and V-Day founder Eve Ensler Saturday announced a partnership focused on ending rape of women and girls...
Egyptian forces crackdown on planned demonstration
Egyptian security forces cracked down hard on opposition a ctivists late Saturday and early Sunday to end a planned general strike before it was...
Sex workers violated
East African governments have come under scathing criticism by three human rights groups for allegedly abetting the violation of commercial sex workers in the...
President explains action against refugees
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday defended his government's handling of a standoff with Liberian refugees who have flouted Ghana's laws and affirmed the...