Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Political Affairs at the Africa Union, has called on everyone to collectively fight against impunity, end discrimination and promote gender equality on the continent.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Amnesty International have appealed to the Imo State government to release one Patrick Okoroafor, who was sentenced to death by the Robbery and Firearms tribunal, when he was sixteen and has been in custody
Heavily-armed police raided the Mogadishu studios of privately-owned Radio Voice of Peace yesterday morning, arresting five employees who were finally released in the evening, Reporters Without Borders has learned from Omar Faruk Osman, the secretary general of its partner organisation
Two foreign journalists who were re-arrested after their 7 April 2008 release on bail over charges of contravening the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) were released by Harare Magistrate Gloria Takundwa on 16 April.
Abused and neglected children in Khayelitsha have secured a new source of protection, guidance and support with the newly opened Nonceba Family Counselling Centre in the area.
The new Registrar of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms Slyvana Arbia, granted an exclusive interview to independent Hirondelle News Agency over her vision of the global court and her work as the Chief of Prosecutions at the International
As the new Kenyan coalition government prepares to take office, Amnesty International today called on the new government to ensure that those responsible for the human rights abuses committed during the post-elections violence are brought to justice.
Josephine Akello had hoped the peace talks between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) would finally end with rebel leader Joseph Kony signing a peace accord on 10 April.
The United Nations announced today that it will close its human rights office in Angola, after authorities in the southern African nation decided not to sign an agreement that would have formally established the Office of the High Commissioner for
Wading through the chest-high grass outside of this hamlet in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Mathieu Nyakufa gestures to the bones - still bleaching in the sun - of those who have been lost to the country's wars.
The Chinese arms due to be transported through South Africa to Zimbabwe will be investigated by the Cabinet's security cluster ministers, but it is unlikely the consignment will be blocked, says government spokesperson Themba Maseko.
Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, fears that President Yoweri Museveni will arrest him even if he signed the final peace agreement, Ruth Nankabirwa, the defence state minister, has said.
The Aegis Trust has launched a 3 million dollar (about Rwf 1.6 billion) appeal to build a new hostel for the most vulnerable survivors of the 1994 Genocide, the UK-based organization has announced.
Latest reports from Accra, Ghana say the Government of that country and Liberia in collaboration with the UNHCR have signed a tripartite agreement for the repatriation of Liberian refugees from that country within six months.
On Monday 19, young girls perished when their dormitory at Budo Junior went up in flames. The cause of the fire remains a mystery, but initial suspicions point to arson.
