The MDC has released the names of the MDC supporters who were killed in Manicaland province this week, in the run up to the controversial presidential poll. The MDC said at least five people from the same area were killed
More than 200 Epworth residents who fled to the South African Embassy in Zimbabwe last Sunday have been removed to a "place of safety" outside Harare, according to South Africa's Foreign Affairs department.
The trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Thomas Lubanga, former president of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), a militia from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accused of war crimes for having forcibly enlisted children, is still
The Mozambican police on Friday afternoon forced the cancellation of a demonstration in central Maputo in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, on the grounds that not enough policemen were available to guarantee the security of the demonstration.
A man , who the Police paraded before the press over a traffic offence, has petitioned the Uganda Human Rights Commission, saying his rights were violated.
The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has pronounced mining companies in Ghana guilty of various forms of human rights abuses in their host communities.
Sharm-El-The Executive Committee of the African Union (AU) is to start this Friday, in Sharm El-Shaikh, Egypt, its 13th ordinary session of preparation of the 11th Summit of Heads of State and Government, set for next Monday and Tuesday, ANGOP
The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) will bag more than GH¢20,000 from a contract to supply the Ghana Education Service (GES) with 50,000 boxes of white chalk.
The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is held every year on June 26. We interviewed MONUC Human Rights division deputy director Mr. Louis Marie Bouaka, who gave an assessment of the situation, and the measures being taken
Following Somali government troops have conducted search operations in Dharkenley neighborhood western Mogadishu they arrested two youth boys and shot dead after hours of interrogation later Friday witnesses said.
Reports emanating from Gwanda say 2 MDC polling agents were abducted by Zanu PF militants during the parliamentary by-election held in the constituency Friday.
The Southern African Litigation Centre has again defended its well researched claims that Morgan Tsvangerai is constitutionally and legitimately Zimbabwe's new president.
On 23 June 2008, a Banjul Magistrate court presided over by Buba Jawo dismissed a case of sedition preferred against Dida Halake, former managing editor and managing director of the pro-government "Daily Observer" newspaper, who was recently detained.
Six Alkalolu, Imams and council of elders recently joined over one hundred women and men to attend a training on sexual and reproductive health and the rights of women, in particular the effects of female genital mutilation at Bantanto Village
Reporters Without Borders is concerned about freelance reporter Frank Chikowore and a cameraman so far identified only by the first name of Edgar, who were arrested this morning while covering President Robert Mugabe's arrival at a polling station to vote.
The MDC says there was a low voter turnout in parts of Manicaland province, but that last night violence broke out in Headlands, Buhera North/Central and Chipinge constituencies, resulting in the deaths of several people.
About 300 Epworth residents who took refuge at the South African embassy on Sunday 22 June were evicted by police on Friday - this as concern mounted that there would be an upsurge of violence on Friday night and over
