Three years in jail for Somaliland woman over ‘contemptuous’ poem
April 15, 2018 A young female poet from Somaliland has been jailed for three years over a poem that advocates the reunification of the...
Nduta Waweru | face2faceafrica.com
Apr 19, 2018
Big Protests in South Africa Force Ramaphosa to End London Visit
LONDON — South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who had traveled to London this week to assure global investors of his...
New York Times 1
Apr 19, 2018
Burundi MPs approve police raids without warrants
NAIROBI – The lower house of Burundi's parliament has voted to allow security forces in the politically tense nation to conduct night...
AFP (Agence France-Press)
Apr 19, 2018
Russia: One year after ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya, still no justice for victims
April 4, 2018 The Russian authorities have abjectly failed to take effective action in response to the violent persecution of gay men in...
Amnesty International
Apr 19, 2018
Ethiopia’s Crisis: What is Causing the Political Turmoil and Ethnic Tension?
April 3, 2018 || By Betre Y. Getahun Ethiopia has been under a state of emergency for much of the past two years. The first state of...
Africa.com
Apr 19, 2018
Thousands flee fighting in eastern DR Congo to Uganda
At first the silence is strange, then unnerving. An African village missing its people. Perhaps 2,000 men, woman and children, vanished....
John Ray | ITV News
Apr 12, 2018
Beatings, electric shock treatment and forced starvation for LGBT+ community in ‘secret' Chechny
April 4th, 2018 Severe beatings, electric shock treatment and forced starvation continue to be perpetrated against the LGBT+ community in...
Genocide Watch
Apr 12, 2018
Tories urge Trudeau to hold Myanmar responsible for Rohingya genocide
Newly arrived Rohingya wait for their turn to collect building material for their shelters distributed by aid agencies in Kutupalong...
Janice Dickson | iPolitics
Apr 12, 2018
Seven Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings uncovered by reporters
(CNN) Seven members of Myanmar's military have been sentenced to 10-year prison terms with hard labor for killing 10 Rohingya men last...
CNN 1
Apr 11, 2018
How Turkey’s Campaign in Afrin Is Stoking Syrian Hatreds
Mohammed is not his real name. He asked me not to share personal details, fearing retaliation from the fighters he passes when he walks...
The New York Review of Books
Apr 11, 2018
OPINION: Sudan: It’s High Time to Ratify the UN Convention Against Torture
April 9th, 2018-Sudan signed the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) in...
Amnesty International
Apr 10, 2018
Eritrea: Rights Abuses Continue Unabated
Mar 12th 2018–Repeated Human Rights Council resolutions have condemned “in the strongest terms” the “systematic, widespread and gross...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 9, 2018
