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Russia calls for UN Security Council meeting on Mali

May 4, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

The U.N. Security Council held an informal closed-door meeting on Mali on Tuesday at Russia’s request, a day after the country announced it was breaking […]

Darfur: Trial of militia Leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman opens at ICC

April 6, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

A former militia leader will become the first person to be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities committed in Darfur, the scene […]

UN agency deplores Algeria’s crack down on Human Rights activists and journalists

March 9, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has reiterated serious concern about the serious human rights violations and growing restrictions imposed by Algerian authorities […]

Zambian court declares illegal the closure of leading independent newspaper The Post

February 22, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

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 […]

ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso from its bodies

January 31, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

Burkina Faso was suspended after the coup by the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the end of a virtual summit of the organization, […]

Burkina Faso: International community condemns military coup

January 26, 2022 Geraldine Boechat 0

The military coup that toppled President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in Burkina Faso was widely condemned by the international community on Tuesday, with West African […]

DRC: Former President Joseph Kabila will not appear in Chebeya case

January 20, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Former President Joseph Kabila will not appear at the appeal trial of the murder of human rights defender Floribert Chebeya. Using its “discretionary power”, the […]

Former President Charles Taylor sues Liberia for his pension

October 28, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, sentenced to 50 years in prison for crimes against humanity for his role during the civil war in Sierra Leone, […]