The bauxite industry in Guinea may be boosting the economy, but the damage caused by mining – and the impact on land ownership for Guineans – is a threat to their future. That’s according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch, which looks at two mining operations: the…
Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – directly accused President Yoweri Museveni on Monday of ultimate responsibility for the political violence, media repression and other human rights violations in the East African nation. “How do you feel when you do this to your…
Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – is now in the United States after leaving from Entebbe Airport about midnight Friday. “Safely arrived in the U.S. where I’ll be receiving specialized treatment following the brutal torture at the hands of SFC soldiers,”…
Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – has finally left the country for medical treatment after being detained at the airport and prevented from leaving earlier Friday. Human rights attorney Nicholas Opiyo said he witnessed Wine board a KLM flight at Entebbe…
Popular Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – was released from prison on bail Monday, two weeks after he was arrested in the Uganda town of Arua. Wine was charged with treason after marchers from an August 13 political rally for independent…
Nearly 200 prisoners associated with the Hirak political movement in Morocco’s Rif region were set for release Tuesday after King Mohammed VI granted their pardons as part of an annual Eid Al Adha tradition. The 188 prisoners were among 844 who were either slated for release, had their terms reduced…
With the news this week that the 76-year-old President Alassane Ouattara won’t seek a controversial third term in Côte d’Ivoire – he’ll head up a new coalition party for a 2020 transition instead – some in neighboring Togo wonder if their own leader will take the hint that it’s time…
The Human Rights Watch organization has called on Angolan authorities to investigate what appears to be the summary execution of a criminal suspect by police officers in Luanda, one of dozens of similar cases reported by nongovernmental human rights group Maka Angola. Footage of the June 1 incident, captured by a…
Political opposition leaders in Togo plan to re-energize a campaign to end the long tenure of President Faure Gnassingbé, with six organizational rallies planned in Lomé neighborhoods this weekend and new street protests to begin next week. Leaders of the Coalition of 14, which formed last year in response to…
Protesters took to the streets again Sunday night in Tunisia, where the disputed outcome of a football match has sparked three straight nights of demonstrations. The crowds in Gafsa, a troubled Tunisian crossroads city about 200 kilometers inland from Sfax, blocked streets and burned tires to protest a referee decision…
Zambia is the latest African nation reportedly in talks with the Israeli government to accept thousands of African migrants that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to expel from his country. An Israel Radio report said Monday the southern African nation, along with unnamed others, are the latest engaged in…
In Togo, political opposition leaders say general-strike marches in the streets of Lomé will continue Thursday, despite clashes, arrests, reports of two dozen injuries and a show of force from security personnel on Wednesday. It will be the second of three protests this week organized by the Coalition of 14,…
As the political opposition in Guinea plans new protests for next week, the Amnesty International organization has appealed for government forces to show restraint as clashes in the West African nation have become increasingly violent. At least 15 people have died and many more injured since local elections were held…
At least three people have died and dozens more were reported injured following Sunday’s marches for democratic reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two were confirmed dead in Kinshasa and a third person died in Mbandaka, according to the Comité Laïc de Coordination (CLC), an arm of the Roman…
For the third time in as many months, peaceful protest marches are planned for Sunday in Democratic Republic of Congo – leaving many concerned because of the crackdown by Congolese security forces, sometimes inside churches, that claimed at least 14 lives in Kinshasa during marches in December and January. The…