Sudan's military and child welfare authorities have partnered with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to protect children's rights and prevent the recruitment of child soldiers in the war-torn African nation.

EMBATTLED former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has been dismissed from the Nigeria Police as recommended by the Police Disciplinary Committee and adopted by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mike Okiro.

FORMER ZBC newscaster Jestina Mukoko and nine MDC-T activists are expected to appear in a Harare court today on charges of recruiting or attempting to recruit people for purposes of undergoing military training to overthrow the Government.

New York, December 23, 2008) - Nepalese authorities should promptly and impartially investigate and prosecute alleged ruling party activists responsible for an attack on journalists on December 21, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today.read more

New York, December 23, 2008) - The Rwandan government should reverse its decision barring Human Rights Watch's senior adviser on Africa, Dr. Alison Des Forges, from Rwanda, Human Rights Watch said today.read more

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New York, December 23, 2008) - The Sri Lankan government should stop arbitrarily detaining civilians fleeing fighting in the northern Vanni region and urgently allow humanitarian agencies to return to provide desperately needed aid, Human Rights Watch said in a

SAVE the Children Uganda is to train the UPDF in the Karamoja sub-region in human rights. The exercise, which starts in January, is meant to promote peaceful disarmament, said Stephen Odong, the human rights coordinator.

Both prosecution and defence in the trial of Désiré Munyaneza in Canada closed their arguments Thursday last week and it is now up to Justice Andre Denis of the Quebec Superior Court to make his ruling, The New Times has

To get a grasp of what drives the likes of Kajubi, let's take a journey to the supernatural realm.

The Council today strongly condemned the recent attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Southern Sudan, and demanded that LRA cease its recruitment and use of children and release immediately all women,

Close to 30 journalists of the public and private media drawn from some countries of the Central African Sub Region, have re-echoed calls for African governments to decriminalise press offences.

The conflict raging in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, RDC, has not grabbed the attention of the international community like the Rwandan genocide of 1994 or the war in Darfur.

Is a proposed law to regulate charities in Ethiopia an attempt to regulate a sprawling sector and block foreign political interference or a clampdown on civil society?

On 21 December 2008, ANHRI said that the administrative judiciary court will review its recently filed claim on 20 January 2009. On 2 December, ANHRI filed a claim against the Egyptian president demanding the dismissal of the Egyptian minister of

Babs Hammer, a cameraman for Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings, was reportedly attacked on 14 December 2008 by members of the entourage of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The cameraman

The Justice and Peace Commission which is a Universal Structure of the Catholic Church whose origin came at the heels of Vatican II has vowed to put an end to human trafficking with focus on children and women.

Chief Clark was appointed Federal Minister of Information in 1975.

The only radio station in an Islamist-controlled town in southern Somalia was shuttered by militants in a raid last week, according to the station's director.

Human rights lawyers made a breakthrough on Tuesday, after battling for weeks to get the police to investigate the disappearance of several MDC and civic activists.