Human Rights
Survivors of Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide Accuses France of Being ‘Complicit’
Survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide have accused France was “complicit” in the atrocities that killed approximately 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The...
Ghana: The Impact of Galamsey on Children and the Environment
Illegal small-scale mining-commonly referred to as “galamsey” in Ghana, continues to be a thorn in the side of national and international attention for...
Reps Reject Bill to Expand Scope of Sharia Law, Say Nigeria Is Not an Islamic State
The Nigerian House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to broaden the application of Sharia law beyond personal matters. The bill, sponsored...
SERAP Urges Tinubu to Stop Weaponising Security Agencies Against Citizens Exercising Human Rights
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to cease using Nigeria’s security agencies to intimidate citizens exercising...
Police Arrest Protesters Commemorating EndSARS Anniversary at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos
Police have arrested several protesters who gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos to mark the 4th anniversary of the EndSARS protests. The...
Kebbi Govt to Go After Guardians Embezzling Donated Funds for Orphans, Constitutes Probe Committee
Kebbi State Government has vowed to take swift action against guardians found to have fraudulently removed money meant for orphans, following the disbursement...
Court Halts Lagos Polio Vaccination Over Consent Issues
Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of the Ikoyi Federal High Court has ordered the Lagos State Government to suspend its planned mass polio vaccination of...
Kenyan Advocate Files Lawsuit Against Four U.S. Companies Over Chemical-laced Sanitary Products
Wakili Joseph Mwai, a Kenyan-based Consumer Protection and Human Rights Advocate, alongside Taifa Mpya, has filed a lawsuit against four U.S.-based sanitary products...
In Violation Of International Law, Netanyahu Orders Ghanaian Peacekeepers To Yield For Planned Israeli Assault On Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered Ghanaian, Irish and Italian peacekeepers under UN mission to move up north (5km away) to allow...
Ghana’s President Calls for Strike Suspension Over Illegal Mining Activities
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the Organised Labour to halt the planned “strike action” over illegal ‘galamsey’ mining poisoning water...
Court halves bail for 5 #EndBadGovernance protesters from N10m to N5m each
A Federal High Court in Abuja has reduced the bail amount for five of the 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters previously charged N10 million each...
HURIWA Opposes Wike and Tinubu’s Plan to Build Judges’ Houses, Citing Political Capture of Judiciary
HURIWA, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has ascribed corruption in the judiciary to undue influence exerted by the executive arm of...