President Jacob Zuma meets with Prime Minister of the National Salvation...
(Source: South Africa Government) Meeting between President Zuma and the Prime Minister of the National Salvation Government of Libya President Jacob Zuma has today, Wednesday, 27 January 2016,...
View ArticleWorld Report 2016: ‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights (HRW - Human Rights...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Istanbul) - The politics of fear led governments around the globe to roll back human rights during 2015. In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human...
View ArticleIvory Coast's ex-president pleads not guilty as big test of Hague court begins
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of crimes against humanity for allegedly inciting violence that claimed the lives of up to 3,000 people. The trial of...
View ArticleTurkey: Deteriorating Climate for Rights (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Istanbul) - The environment for human rights in Turkey worsened in 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. Human rights violations increased...
View ArticlePotential Crises
With some warning indications emerging in the economy, it is helpful to understand the potential effects this may have. Yet, one must caution their self before assuming a conclusion, for indications...
View ArticleMellon Seminar on Human Rights in Africa Continues with a Lecture by...
(Source: Washington & Lee University) N. Frank Ukadike N. Frank Ukadike, associate professor of communications and African and African Diaspora Studies at Tulane University, will deliver a public...
View ArticleMore troops for Mali (German Federal government)
(Source: German Federal government) In future Germany is to provide more support for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). As of February, the ceiling...
View ArticleHuman Rights Violations in Russia’s North Caucasus (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) Esteemed Chairperson, Esteemed Members of the Committee, Human Rights Watch has been documenting human rights abuses in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region for...
View ArticleLebanon: Inaction on Rights Abuses (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Beirut) - Lebanese authorities' policies toward Syrian refugees and the impunity for security forces are harming Lebanon's human rights record, Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleGermany’s OSCE Challenge (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Berlin) Germany this month assumed the one-year chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and did so, in the words of Foreign Minister...
View ArticleThailand: Rights Crisis Deepens Under Dictatorship (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) - Thailand's military junta tightened its grip on power and severely repressed fundamental rights in the past year, Human Rights Watch said today in its...
View ArticleCentral Asia: Backsliding on Rights (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Berlin) - Central Asian governments ramped up pressure on nongovernmental groups and activists in 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. The...
View ArticleBurundi, South Sudan Top AU Summit Agenda
[Monitor] ADDIS ABABA- The 26th AU summit is heavily loaded with agenda items. One of the burning issues is whether the heads of state, who arrive here later this week, will authorise the deployment of...
View ArticleIs Malaria-Free Africa in Sight?
[The Point] African leaders will assemble in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30 January for another African Union Summit, whose main event will be the presentation of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance...
View ArticleSomalia: Civilians at Serious Risk (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Nairobi) - The Somali government and the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab placed civilians at excessive risk from conflict-related and other abuses during 2015. There...
View ArticleAfrica's 2015 Election Experiences Present Dilemmas for 2016 Polls
Kealeboga J Maphunye, University of South Africa This year, like 2015, promises to be yet another busy year in Africa's electoral democracy stakes. More than a third of the continent's 54 countries...
View ArticlePRESIDENT COMMISSIONS AMBASSADOR TO FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Fiji) 1/26/2016 Brigadier-General Mosese Tikoitoga was commissioned today as Fiji's new resident-Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Fiji's...
View ArticleLibya: Growing Human Rights Crisis (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Beirut) - Human rights conditions in Libya further deteriorated during 2015, as militias and forces on all sides of the conflict carried out war crimes and crimes...
View ArticleDeputy Secretary-General's remarks at interactive dialogue with the General...
(Source: UN - United Nations) New York, 27 January 2016 - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at interactive dialogue with the General Assembly on Human Rights Up Front [as prepared for delivery] I...
View Article26/01/2016 African representatives push for action to bring women to the...
(Source: UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) Date: 26 January 2016 Dr. Priscillah Joseph, founder and Chair of the South Sudan Women's Peace Network, came...
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