Human rights abuses marred the presidential elections in Uganda in January 2026 and the contested polls in Tanzania in October 2025. As neighbouring Kenya enters a pre-electoral phase with ...

Civilians in Sudan, South Suda,n and Ethiopia are bearing the brunt of abusive armed conflicts in which the warring parties ...

Churches have been among the victims of human rights abuses in conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia, which Human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten ...

Historical injustices such as slavery and colonialism are not just matters of the past but active forces shaping present-day ...

Africa is sliding into deeper repression and conflict as global democratic guardrails weaken, according to Human Rights Watch’s latest report, warning that Donald Trump’s assault on international ...

(Beirut) – The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country, ...

Kenya made global headlines in 2024 when Gen Zprotests shook the country and inspired a similar wave worldwide and a repeatin Kenya on the anniversary.But by the time activists gathered in Nairobi ...

(Center) Activist Njeri Mwangi with members of the Kongamano La Mapinduzi when they called on the Tanzanian Government to release activists Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire who were ...

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