THE South African Human Rights Commission's (SAHRC's) ultimatum - for African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema to retract his statement that the league was prepared to take up arms and kill for ANC president Jacob Zuma -
The Human Rights Reporters Network (HRRN), a non-governmental media organization, will on Saturday join other local and international observers to monitor the local council elections.
Efforts by the government to improve on the level of literacy in the country is suffering a big blow in the Sene District of Brong Ahafo Region as a result of the persistent use of child labour. According to Mr.
On 2 July 2008, the trial of two Kwekwe-based journalists accused of publishing falsehoods in breach of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) was postponed to 15 July. The postponement took place after the trial judge
THE Bagisu believe one's voyage to manhood begins with imbalu ( cultural circumcision). The Gisu community participates in the ritual which involves walking around the circumcision candidate's village, visiting cultural sites to appease the gods, singing and dancing to folk
Mr Nimi Walson-Jack is the former Secretary General of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). He spoke on a number of issues, including the Freedom of Information Bill, which has suffered series of set backs before the House of Representatives. He
After the African Union issued a statement so tepid that it might as well as have come from a high-school student conference, low expectations have further diminished. The African Union can now be seen in the same light as its
On Thursday 22 May, Cape Town changed forever. The xenophobic violence that started 1,200 kilometres away in Gauteng spread to Du Noon township. On Friday the TAC offices began to get reports of violence on trains and Somali shops being
With the support of MONUC's Gender Office, the DRC Gender, Family and Children Ministry from 28 June to 1 July 2008 trained the heads of the provincial Gender ministries and civil society activists from all the DRC's 11 provinces on
MORE than 300 MDC supporters claiming to be victims of political violence yesterday approached the United States (US) embassy in Harare looking for food and shelter.
MORE than 60 Somalis gave themselves up to the Zimbabwean police this week, seeking asylum after sneaking into the country and yesterday they were handed over to the Department of Social Welfare for assistance.
On Saturday 12 July 2008, following a call by CIVICUS: World Alliance For Citizen Participation, Amnesty International and the Global Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP), citizens of Africa will unite to express their solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe
Justice Momodou Darboe, a journalist with The Point, a Banjul-based privately-owned independent daily newspaper, was violently attacked by an armed man on July 1, 2008.
The barbaric acts of violence against foreign African nationals in South Africa over the past month appears to have drawn to a close. However, thousands remain displaced and face the daunting task of putting their lives back together. Government indecisiveness,
Ethiopian media practitioners forwarded their disappointment on Wednesday after the House finally endorsed the county's media law seen by media fractionates and international press watch dogs as contravening freedom of expression and international human rights.
AMBUYA Motsi (not her real name), a widow living in the high density suburb of Glen Norah, Harare, last Friday could not believe what she had just done -- voting for embattled President Robert Mugabe in a presidential run-off election
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have mixed feelings about the outcomes of the latest African Union Summit, which concluded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh earlier this week.
