The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Ethiopian Women’s Minister Filsan Abdullahi “There is widespread…
Since the beginning of the fierce fighting in Tigrey region where Ethiopian federal forces have been fighting the pro-TPLF forces in the region, human rights abuses such as killings, robberies and rapes have been reported.…
Human right groups express concern over Ethiopian military…
Since the start of the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, there have been international calls for Ethiopian troops to stop shelling civilian areas. There were reports of government shelling of civilian areas, and the humanitarian…
Politics: Algerian Authorities Approves Constitutional Reform
Algerian authorities has approved the constitutional reform. President Abdelmajid Tebboune has signed the mandate for the reform of the constitution, this coming after his return from Germany. As per an assertion from the administration, the…
#EndSARS: ‘Nigeria has failed to stop impunity of…
Nigeria has failed to tackle the impunity enjoyed through the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), whose brutality and corruption is “becoming more and more brazen,” human rights enterprise Amnesty International stated Tuesday in a report. “Last…
NEWS: Protest in court over trial of Moroccan…
Protesters gathered outside the Casablanca Appeal Court on Tuesday, as Moroccan investigative journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi appeared to be questioned by an examining magistrate. Radi was first tried in March and was…
Burundi: Human rights abuses continues, UN watchdog report
Human rights violations are still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder, a report by a UN watchdog said. Hopes had been pinned on new President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who was elected in May.…
NEWS: South Africa Holds Apartheid Activist Lawyer George…
A funeral service used to be held for the famend human rights legal professional and apartheid social activist George Bizos on Thursday morning at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg, South Africa — following his…
DRC: UN Calls to Investigate Death Threats Targeting…
A series of terrifying death threats — which began back in July, is being aimed at Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Denis Mukwege after he condemned the massacre of 18 people in South Kivu, the…
NEWS: 1100 killed in northern in Nigeria
The International Crisis Group (ICG) say communal violence has brought on the demise of some 8,000 human beings and has displaced extra than 200,000 civilians due to the fact that 2011 in Nigeria. According to…
Breaking: Tensions in Zimbabwe as Bishops Denounce Government…
Political Unrest President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has come under fire over its perceived-harsh crackdown on demonstrators last month against alleged state corruption and economic hardship last month - which saw 20 citizens arrested and charged…
NEWS: Algerian Journalist gets 3-Year Prison Sentence
Free Speech in the Algerian Press Freelance journalist and a symbol of free speech in Algeria, Khaled Dareni, has been sentenced to three years in prison based totally on accusations of undermining the integrity of…
Breaking: Gambia’s justice minister resigns
Gambia’s renowned justice minister Abubacarr Tambadou, who established a probe to investigate abuses under the country’s ex-dictator and spearheaded the international defence of Myanmar’s Rohingya, has resigned, the government said Thursday. The West African state…
Gambia denies plans to relax homosexuality laws
The Gambia said on Tuesday that it would neither decriminalise homosexuality nor review its laws, following weeks of controversy over the issue in the tiny West African state. In a statement, the government denied widely…
Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings
Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested thousands of others accused of being members of an armed group, Amnesty International said on Friday. The rights group said in…
Travesty: 4 National heroes that Erdogan unjustly banished…
Hakan Şükür: Şükür is considered one of Turkey’s greatest ever players, and he still holds the record as Turkey’s top scorer on the international stage. But he now lives in exile in the United States,…
Abandoned Nigerian Boy Accused of Witchcraft Now Budding…
The story of Hope's recovery went viral, and was celebrated by many people across the continent.
