West-Africa
Human Rights Watch Warns Nigeria’s Boko Haram Trials Are Flawed, Ineffective
Hundreds of terrorism suspects have faced Nigerian courts in recent months, but Human Rights Watch (HRW) says authorities must ensure every case…
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West-Africa
Human Rights Watch Reports Grave Abuses During Renewed Fighting in Mali
Human Rights Watch says it has documented a series of rights abuses in Mali, accusing all sides of unlawfully targeting civilians and…
Somalia
Opinion: When Cash Failed, Human Connection Became Currency
OP-ED: When Cash Failed, Connection Became Currency When Somalia’s central government fell in 1991, the country’s financial backbone snapped. Institutions unraveled, infrastructure…
North-Africa
Human Rights Watch Warns of Rights Crackdown in Tunisia
Human Rights Watch says the muted response from UN member states to Tunisia’s deepening rights crisis amounts to a “free pass” for…
Central-Africa
M23 committed mass abuses in Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch says
Rwandan troops and the M23 armed group carried out a sweeping campaign of abuses in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights…
World
AI race raises questions about the risk of human extinction
In a warning that cut through the usual techno-utopian rhetoric, Pope Leo XIV used his encyclical on the dangers of artificial intelligence…
East-Africa
Neglected Tropical Diseases Recognized as a Human Rights Issue
Despite significant advancements, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) continue to fly under the radar of global health initiatives. To date, 61 nations have…
Somalia
Garissa religious leaders warn of rising crime and human trafficking
Video: Garissa religious leaders sound alarm over surging crime and human trafficking – Hiiraan Online HOME SECURITY Font Size A- A A+…
World
Irish flotilla member recounts detention ordeal: ‘We were not human to them’
An Irish doctor detained after Israeli forces intercepted a protest flotilla this week says she was held in conditions she likened to…
East-Africa
Watchdog Warns Zimbabwe’s Human Rights Situation Is Deteriorating
A surge in politically linked abuses gripped Zimbabwe in April, with 145 human rights violations impacting 3,675 people, the Zimbabwe Peace Project…
Somalia
National Human Rights Commission Receives Media Report as NUSOJ Urges Action on Violations
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) on Monday met with the National Independent Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), led…
