Burkina Faso: Reconciliation committee wants presidential guard disbanded
Burkina Faso’s powerful presidential guard, known locally as the RSP, should be sacked, the national reconciliation commission said on Monday. The elite unit is accused […]
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CAR: French soldier accused of sexual abuse, U.N Human Rights chief
A French soldier deployed to the Central African Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl, the latest in a series of allegations […]
Libya: Gaddafi’s son sentenced to death
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced in absentia to death by a court in Tripoli over war crimes linked […]
Obama leaves US for new Africa trip
President Barack Obama left the US for Kenya on Thursday in a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a […]
Egypt: Egyptian Authorities accused of rampant sexual abuses
Despite strong accusations of massive and unjust trials from human right organisations, Egypt authorities have been accused of sexual abuses perpetrated on women, men, children […]
A King’s Plea to Give Africa its Rightful Place in Global Human Rights Architecture
King Mohammed VI of Morocco made a plea to give Africa its rightful place in the global human rights architecture and to have the continent […]
Morocco Hosts World Human Rights Forum
The 2nd world human rights forum will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, November 27 to 30, to look into the progress and challenges facing human […]
Egypt: European MPs Tie Financial Support to Democracy, IMF Loan not Coming yet
While Egypt is in dire need of foreign assistance to take up the various challenges triggered by the severe downturn of its economy, Members of […]
Libya Taps New Prime Minister
The former Libyan human rights advocate and diplomat, Ali Zeidan has been tapped by his country’s lawmakers as prime minister a week after the Parliament […]