Africa Newspapers

AllAfrica News: Human Rights

• South Africa:Gl & Sanef to Launch Glass Ceilings Report
  [Gender Links] The third Glass Ceilings survey of South African media which will be launched on 19 October - national press freedom day - 2018 shows there have been dramatic shifts in the race and gender composition of media since the first study twelve years ago.
  
  
• Nigeria:Ibori Loses Appeal, Drags UK to EU Court of Human Rights
  [This Day] Former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, has instructed his lawyers to drag the United Kingdom to the Court of Appeal at the European Court of Human Rights.
  
  
• Nigeria:Ibori Drags UK to EU Court of Human Rights
  [Vanguard] Chief James Onanefe Ibori has instructed his lawyers to drag the United Kingdom to the Court of Appeal at the European Court of Human Rights.
  
  
• Africa:World Bank Report - Continent's Poverty Rates Remain High
  [Deutsche Welle] The latest extreme poverty estimates from the World Bank revealed that Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world. Development expert Francisco Ferreira says it's not too late to turn things around.
  
  
• Tanzania:Public Urged to Promote, Protect Children's Rights
  [Daily News] EVERYONE has a responsibility to promote and protect children children's rights by exposing child abuse to the authorities, Deputy Speaker of the Zanzibar House of Representatives Mgeni Hassan Juma has said.
  
  
• Cameroon:The Fight Against Breast Ironing
  [Deutsche Welle] It's an old and painful practice. But even today, young girls in Cameroon have their breasts bound or beaten with stones. A women's rights group is fighting back against the tradition through education in schools.
  
  
• Zimbabwe:Court Blocks Biti Bid to Seek Mental Health Services in South Africa
  [New Zimbabwe] A High Court judge has dismissed MDC deputy national chair, Tendai Biti's request for temporary release of his passport saying the request was unjustified.
  
  
• Liberia:'Human Rights Violation', Cuban Chargé d'Affaires Brands U.S.-Imposed Economic Blockade
  [Observer] Mr. Yordenis Vera gives Cuba's report on US Blockade.
  
  
• Liberia:House Gender Committee Wants More Than Me Foundation Shutdown
  [Observer] "The Committee condemns to the highest degree, the abuse, molestation, and rape of our disadvantaged daughters," says Rep. Julie F. Wiah , Lofa County District #2 lawmaker and chairperson of the House Committee on Gender Equity, Child Development and Social Protection. MTM's co-founder, Katie Meyler , is stepping down from the day-to-day operations of the organization, pending an investigation by its Liberia Advisory Board.
  
  
• Botswana:People Lving with Disabilities Meet to Reinforce Botswana Commitment
  [Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -The two-day national disability framework will reinforce Botswana's long-standing commitment to uphold and safeguard the rights of People Living with Disabilities (PLWD) as prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD).
  
  
• Zimbabwe:Private Media Barred From Covering Commission of Inquiry Hearing
  [Kubatana.net] Private media journalists were today, 16 October barred from entering the Commission of Inquiry into the post-elections violence that took place on August 1, 2018 in Harare, which is scheduled to conduct public hearings at the Cresta Hotel, Msasa, Harare. The police details at the entrance only allowed the state-owned media into the venue.
  
  
• South Africa:Disabled Residents Resist Government Plan to Move Them Out
  [GroundUp] "If they want us gone, they must kill us, like they did Life Esidimeni"
  
  
• Gambia:Gambia Launches TRRC to Investigate Human Rights Atrocities
  [Foroyaa] Gambian President Adama Barrow, has presided over the launch of Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) on Monday, October 15th 2018, with the Commission tasked to probe into human rights atrocities perpetrated by the former regime of Yahya Jammeh.
  
  
• Zimbabwe:The Eight Steps Needed to Achieve Full Democracy
  [allAfrica] Writing for AllAfrica, two former African leaders, a leading member of the United States Congress and top U.S. diplomats under both Democratic and Republican administrations record their worries for the development of democracy in Zimbabwe.
  
  
• Nigeria:Boko Haram Killing of Aid Worker Hauwa Liman 'A War Crime'
  [AI London] Responding to the murder of aid worker Hauwa Liman by Boko Haram, Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: "With yet another horrific killing of a humanitarian worker, Boko Haram has again demonstrated its brazen disregard for life. Hauwa Liman was providing desperately-needed humanitarian services to people affected by the conflict in the northeast of Nigeria. Her killing is a war crime. Under international humanitarian law, all aid workers must be protected from attack.