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Somalia stakes a moral claim in The Hague over the right to strike When Somalia’s ambassador stood at the International Court of Justice in The Hague last week, she did more than recite legal positions. Ambassador Khadija Osoble Ali framed a debate about workers’ rights in a country still rebuilding basic institutions after decades of conflict — and, in doing so, offered an argument with implications far beyond Mogadishu. The ICJ held hearings from Oct. 6–8, 2025, on a request for an advisory opinion about whether the…

Moroccan journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi was sentenced on appeal to six years in prison for espionage and rape. Radi, a 35-year-old freelance journalist known as a vocal critic of the…

The African Court docket of Human Rights and Peoples' Rights has been seized by a Beninese citizen whose identify has not been revealed on Friday, a really important verdict for the authorities in Porto Novo, provided that the structure revised by Parliament in November 2019 ought to be repealed. ACHPR accuses the authorities of getting "violated the beliefs of the 1990 structure" and orders a return to…

Nigerian justice has confirmed the conviction of the Anglo-Dutch hydrocarbon giant Shell to $ 467 million in damages for an oil spill caused in 1970. This could be the last end of a lengthy trial. It comes after several years of legal struggle, a victory for the Ejama-Ebubu community in Rivers State in Nigeria, which will thus…