Human Rights
Former ICC Prosecutor to lead Ethiopia human rights probe
Former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been appointed to head an international commission of experts mandated to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of human rights, and humanitarian...
Read moreDetailsBreaking the silence: Justice seen through Africa’s cartoons
Justice conversations in Africa are complex, emotional, multifaceted, and highly nuanced. Justice is embedded in the society’s political, social, and economic structures. It was inherited through the colonial-era system, which...
Read moreDetailsBurundi asked to investigate Gitega prison fire
The Burundi government’s failure to give a reliable account of the cause and casualties of a fire that razed a block at Gitega’s central prison on December 7, 2021 has...
Read moreDetailsRussian mercenaries back in the spotlight as UN probes CAR massacre
The presence of Russian mercenaries in the Central Africa Republic has continued to stir up controversy, the latest of which is the United Nations’ investigation into claims that they were...
Read moreDetailsCommission wants Jammeh to answer for crimes against journalists and curtailing freedom of expression
Yahya Jammeh and the Junglers bear full responsibility for the crimes and human rights violations committed against journalists, media practitioners, the media, and freedom of expression, and should be prosecuted...
Read moreDetailsUNESCO calls for protection of journalists
Journalists and media workers continue to face great danger in the course of their duties, with 55 of them reported to have been killed in 2021 in connection with their...
Read moreDetailsFormer dictator should answer for atrocities – report
As had been widely expected, the report of The Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, which was finally released to the public on December 24, 2021, has former president Yahya...
Read moreDetailsJammeh should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, says truth commission
The truth commission wants former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh prosecuted for crimes against humanity for the widespread human rights violations that characterised his 22-year dictatorship. The commissioners have recommended that...
Read moreDetailsNow that TRRC report is out, world is watching for action on Yahya Jammeh
Now that the final report of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in The Gambia is out and its recommendations known, the families of the victims of former president Yahya...
Read moreDetailsChildren paying a high price for the fighting in CAR
The United Nations Secretary-General has asked parties to the conflict in the Central African Republic to end violations against children and abide by international humanitarian law and international human rights...
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