Human Rights

Justice conversations in Africa are complex, emotional, multifaceted, and highly nuanced. Justice is embedded in the society’s political, social, and...

The Burundi government’s failure to give a reliable account of the cause and casualties of a fire that razed a...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in the Central Africa Republic has continued to stir up controversy, the latest of which...

Yahya Jammeh and the Junglers bear full responsibility for the crimes and human rights violations committed against journalists, media practitioners,...

Journalists and media workers continue to face great danger in the course of their duties, with 55 of them reported...

As had been widely expected, the report of The Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, which was finally released to...

The truth commission wants former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh prosecuted for crimes against humanity for the widespread human rights violations...

Now that the final report of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in The Gambia is out and its recommendations...

The United Nations Secretary-General has asked parties to the conflict in the Central African Republic to end violations against children...

An international commission of experts mandated to investigate allegations of human rights violations and abuses by all parties to the...