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Ghabo Ivory Coast West Africa 

ICC judges ordered to review freeing I.Coast ex-leader Gbagbo

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The Hague  – Judges must review whether to release the ageing former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo for the rest of his crimes against humanity trial, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Gbagbo, the first ex-head of state to be tried by the International Criminal Court, won his appeal against a March decision which ordered him to be held in a… Read More
Anti Balaka fighters at Bangui´s estate PK9 Central Africa Central African Republic 

Central African Republic spirals into new crisis

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Three years after armed groups in the Central African Republic signed a ceasefire agreement, more than one million people are displaced. “The number of families uprooted from their homes has increased to a level we have not witnessed since the peak of the conflict in 2014,” warned Eric Batonon, Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). More than 100,000… Read More
Darfur students North Africa Sudan 

Sudan: Hundreds of Darfuri student protesters stopped at capital’s gates

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The Sudanese authorities must end the continued discrimination of Darfuri students at universities, said Amnesty International today as more than 1,000 Darfuri students of Bakht al-Rida University in White Nile State, descended on the capital Khartoum to demand the release of 10 of their colleagues accused of killing two police officers. The students are now blockaded on the southern edge of the… Read More
Dr.Frank Habineza Central Africa Rwanda 

Dr.Frank Habineza confirmed by Electoral Commission as Rwandan Presidential Candidate

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The National Electoral Commission has today the 7th of July 2017 confirmed Dr. Frank Habineza as a presidential candidate in the Rwandan presidential elections, representing the opposition Democratic Green Party of Rwanda. This is a big milestone achieved after struggling for eight years towards democratic change. This will be the first election where the ruling party will compete with an… Read More
ICC Decision Makers 

ICC rules against South Africa on shameful failure to arrest President Bashir

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In response to today’s finding by the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber that South Africa should have executed the arrest warrant against Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir when he visited in June 2015, Amnesty International’s Africa Director for Research and Advocacy, Netsanet Belay said, “Today’s finding confirms what everyone, including South African authorities, knew all along. Al-Bashir does not have immunity from… Read More
Tom Thabane Lesotho Southern Africa 

Call for New Prime Minister Tom Thabane in Lesotho to Comply With Human Rights Obligations

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GREENBAY, WI (AGV): – Peace body has called on the new Lesotho government to comply with the country’s international and regional human rights obligations and commitments. It says the mountain kingdom must end the practice of arbitrary arrests, politically motivated prosecutions and take effective measures to end the practice of torture and other ill-treatments. New Prime Minister Tom Thabane will… Read More
Ramadan in Tunisia North Africa OP-ED 

Jailed for eating during Ramadan in Tunisia: Much ado about radical Islam in the West

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Why are western nations taking responsibility for the radicalization of Muslims, when the problem is not confined to these countries? Why are these countries buying into this lame narrative that ascribes blame for Islamic extremism to western foreign policy?   Obvious such a position discounts the hateful and inciting of doctrines that are propagated in mosques, and other Islamic centers… Read More
Lack of Education in Africa Africa Leaders 

Lack of education and mismatched skills, remain major obstacles to Africa’s development agenda –African Union

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The African Union Commission cautions that the future of Africa’s economic growth and the future of millions of Africans, is in jeopardy, if the underlying issues that hinder development are not adequately addressed.   With Africa expected to double its population over the next 25 years, and the working-age population expected to grow by approximately 450 million between 2015 and… Read More
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