Every child has the right to protection and care, regardless of their place of birth or social status." The eight sub regional inter agency summit on child protection which is ongoing at Bintumani Hotel hinges on the alienable rights of
Human Rights Watch has observed that Special Court's ruling rejecting sentence reductions for two convicted militia members because they fought for a "legitimate cause" was crucial in ensuring justice for victims of human rights violations.
A visiting Security Council delegation and Sudanese President Omar al Bashir discussed the country's north-south peace process, the situations in Abyei and Darfur, as well as the African nation's non-cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC), during a meeting in
The Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has given one of the defendants in the trial of three former top party officials a maximum of 40 days to complete his defence case as part of efforts to
The family of gunned down Sabaot Land Defence Forces (SLDF) leader has asked Kenyans and the Government to forgive them for crimes committed against them.
I was moving on a busy street of Kampala when I saw the presidential convoy moving slowly. Street children tried to get close to the motorcade but security personnel kept them at bay. I had not imagined that street children
DRAMA ensued on Wednesday at the South African High Commission in Kampala when demonstrators blocked the commissioner, Henry Thanduyise Chiliza, from accessing the premises.
Assumani Bora fled when the war came to her part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and moved to South Africa with her family in 2002. She was forced to abandon her home and business after the xenophobic violence
The United Nations humanitarian chief has called on the Government of Zimbabwe to rescind its decision to suspend all field operations by non-governmental aid groups.
THE government is keeping the United Nations at bay by sitting on the world body's request, made last month, to assess political violence gripping the country in the run up to the presidential run-off poll scheduled for June 27.
WILL he stay or will he go? Speculation is rife over the fate of Ethiopia's former ruler, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who was sentenced to death by his country's supreme court two weeks ago for crimes against humanity.
Amnesty International is concerned at continuing harassment and attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights defenders in Uganda, and today called on the Government of Uganda to ensure the safety of LGBT human rights defenders in Uganda
