Africa Newspapers

AllAfrica News: Human Rights

• Gambia: Barrow Urges NHRC to Prioritize the Poor, Marginalized Communities
  [Foroyaa] President Adama Barrow has urged the commissioners of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to prioritize the needs of the poor, marginalized and hard to reach communities of this country.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Govt Licensing Radio Stations It Can Manipulate - Say Activists
  [New Zimbabwe] Government's continued defence of its "illegal" licensing of Bulawayo's Khulumani FM is proof that the administration is awarding licences to radio stations it can easily manipulate, Community Radio Harare (CORAH) director Givemore Chipere has claimed.
  
  
• Sudan: CEDAW - The Devil Is in the Details
  [SudaNow] At face value, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a good paper. No sane human being would dispute the right to freedom and equality among all humans, male and female.
  
  
• Kenya: Hopes High Before Ruling on Decriminalizing Gay Sex
  [VOA] Members of Kenya's LGBT community are looking forward to a High Court ruling that might decriminalize gay sex. The impending ruling is raising hopes among LGBT persons across the region.
  
  
• Tanzania: Youth With Albinism Defy the Odds to Get Education
  [Citizen] Dar es Salaam -While the fight to protect albinos rages on, Severine Nicolaus, a student from Tabora, says he was able to beat the odds of discrimination from his family.
  
  
• Gambia: Human Rights Commission Chair Committed to "Never Again"
  [Foroyaa] Prime in the mandate outcome of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is to ensure they contribute to the "Never Again" maxim of the TRRC, according to the new Chairman of the aforesaid Commission.
  
  
• Nigeria: What Would Fela Say Ahead of Polls?
  [The Conversation Africa] Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and arguably its largest economy, is heading to the polls. It's a good time to celebrate democracy - but also to ponder what has become of the country since it wrestled independence from the clutches of colonial Britain in 1960.
  
  
• North Africa: North Africa Seen As Unsafe for LGBT People - Rights Groups
  [Deutsche Welle] The Bundesrat, Germany's upper house of parliament, is considering whether to recognize Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as "safe countries of origin." Yet LGBT people are still persecuted in all three places.
  
  
• Liberia: "You Have to Face Justice So I Can Get Peace" - Calls for War Court in Liberia
  [African Arguments] 15 years after the brutal war ended, no one has been prosecuted in Liberia and many victims feel they've been forgotten.
  
  
• South Africa: Cricket SA Throws Weight Behind Caster Semenya
  [News24Wire] Cape Town -Cricket South Africa (CSA ) has thrown its weight behind athlete Caster Semenya and her fight for gender equality ahead of her landmark hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) next week.
  
  
• Namibia: Govt to Decriminalise Baby Dumping
  [Namibian] The government, through the ministry of gender equality, has decriminalised baby dumping to allow mothers to leave their unwanted newborn babies at safe places without the risk of prosecution.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: 78 Cops Injured in 'Shutdown' Violence - Report
  [The Herald] Seventy eight police officers were injured, while one was killed in the line of duty during last month's violent protests instigated by the opposition MDC-Alliance, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and their civil society allies, a detailed report by the Government shows. The statistics reveal that the officers sustained various degrees of injuries as violent thugs set on them in incidents that also included storming of police stations and attacks on officers maintaining order.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: 16 Jailed for Violent Demonstrations
  [The Herald] Sixteen people have been jailed for engaging in violent demonstrations organised by MDC-Alliance and its associates last month.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: Five Protesters Jailed, Seven Acquitted Due to Lack of Evidence
  [The Herald] FIVE of the 12 protesters who barricaded Harare-Chitungwiza Road, burnt tyres and threw stones at passing vehicles during the MDC-Alliance instigated violence last month were yesterday sentenced to 5 years each in jail while the remaining seven were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: City Vendors Bear Brunt of Govt's Heavy-Handedness
  [Zimbabwe Independent] What began as an ordinary day suddenly turned into a nightmare for tuckshop owner Farai Simango (38) at Zengeza 3 shopping centre in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza.