Amnesty International warns of “rights violations” in Togo and Benin
In the struggle against armed groups responsible for deadly attacks in the north of the two countries, security forces in Benin and Togo violated human […]
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Zambian court declares illegal the closure of leading independent newspaper The Post
Zambian courts declared illegal the 2016 closure of the country’s main independent newspaper, the Post, under the repressive regime of former President Edgar Lungu. The […]
Biafra: Nigerian army accused of massacring 115 people in Southeast
Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of killing at least 115 people between March and June this year, in a crackdown on a secessionist […]
Zambia: President Lungu deploys army in the country before the coming elections
With less than two weeks to go before the August 12 presidential and legislative elections, Edgar Lungu announced on Sunday that he was using the […]
Amnesty International accused of racial discrimination by its own employees – Report
Amnesty International (AI) has a culture of white privilege with incidents of overt racism, according to an internal review into its secretariat. British newspaper The […]
Ethiopia: Amnesty International accuses the Eritrean army of mass killing in Aksoum
Massacre, summary executions, war crimes… Amnesty International unveils a report on what it believes to be a mass killing in Tigray Province, Ethiopia, which has […]
Uganda: Still under blockade, Bobi Wine lodges complaint against the State
The singer’s lawyers are pleading before the High Court of Justice in Kampala on Thursday to demand his release. President Yoweri Museveni’s main rival is […]
Ethiopia: Amnesty denounces massacre of a large number of civilian in Tigray
This is the first time that a large number of civilian deaths have been reported since the beginning of the conflict in Tigray. Telecommunications and […]
Nigeria : Eruption of violence throughout the country
Nigeria is waking up in shock, the day after a “black Tuesday”, a “bloody Tuesday”, as the newspapers headlined, marked by an eruption of violence […]
Cameroon: An association filed a complaint with the Paris court against country’s authorities for torture and other inhuman and degrading treatment
An association filed a complaint with the Paris court on Friday against the Cameroonian authorities and against X for torture and other inhuman and degrading […]