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New York, December 29, 2008) - The verdict expected on December 31, 2008, in the trial of a senior intelligence official charged with the murder of the Indonesian human rights lawyer Munir is an important test of the independence of

A year before the scheduled end of the first instance trials, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) still has not succeeded in reconstituting the scenario of the genocide committed against Tutsis in 1994. When, how, where and by whom

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 in a press release.

The French writer Pierre Péan who, in his book "Black Furies, White Liars (Noires Fureurs, Blancs Menteurs)" had mentioned that Tutsis were affected by a "lying culture" and especially called into question the historiography of the Rwandan genocide, will again

THE Former Director-General of the Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS), Professor Omo Omoruyi has faulted the suggestion by some politicians and other well meaning Nigerians that the likes of former President Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

It is a tradition in the house of late Muhammed Tijani that after every working day, he goes back home with gifts of biscuits and sweets for his two children at the end of the day's work.

She never thought her case could be heard. But Adejoke Martins (not exactly her name) had lived in perpetual fear of sexual abuse for over two years. Now eight years old, Adejoke had been abused sexually in the stead of

KABAKA Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has condemned human sacrifice. He said the archaic practice cannot make the nation to progress and appealed to all people to fight it through their various religions and traditions.

Niger State is fast becoming a Mecca to citizens of neighbouring Niger Republic as they troop into the state in their numbers in search of greener pastures. Yesterday in Minna, 30 children from Niger Republic where arrested by the state

Akwa Ibom State has been in the news recently over child-witchcraft. The phenomenon, usually discussed in hushed tunes, found its way into the public arena when a British Television Channel, 'Channel 4', featured one Sunday Williams, a "Bishop," who claimed

The fifteenth commemoration of the Tutsi genocide of 1994 will be celebrated, on decision of the Council of the Government, on the memorial site of Nyanza in the district of Kicukiro, in Kigali, announced Rwandan national radio.

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 165th meeting held on 29 December 2008, adopted the following decision on the situation in the Republic of Guinea following the coup d'Etat that occurred in that country

The Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC) has expressed concern over the arrest, detention and declaration of six Muslim missionaries as 'suspected terrorists' by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mike Okiro and the FCT Police Commissioner, Mr. John Haruna, saying

As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) staged a five-kilometre walk round Oyo State capital in support of its anti-drug awareness campaign, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has advocated capital punishment for hard drug traffickers and peddlers in

Chairman and Supreme Head of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Most Reverend Samuel Abidoye has enjoined Nigerians to pray fervently against ethnic and religious bigotry which could truncate the continued corporate existence of Nigeria.

The military, police joint anti-robbery squad tagged 'operation flush' set up by Borno State Government has been invoved in human rights violation, breach of rule of law and good governance in discharging their duties, Maiduguri branch of the Nigerian Bar

When innocent Voters came out to vote on that Thursday, November 27, 2008 during the Plateau State Local Government Council elections, little did they know that death was lurking around.

THE year 2008 has been a trying one for Uganda, ethics and integrity state minister, Dr. Nsaba Buturo has said.

The African Union (AU) has suspended Guinea from taking part in all AU activities until the country returns to civilian rule under the constitution. The AU's Peace and Security Council said in a statement issued from its headquarters in Addis