Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Member states of the African Union (AU) will hold their most consequential election of the year in February 2026, to fill ten ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government on Wednesday dismissed the U.S. State Department’s latest assessment of the country’s human rights conditions as “inaccurate and deeply flawed.” The ...

African Parks, a nonprofit on which Prince Harry is a member of the board of directors, revealed Thursday that an internal investigation found that rangers at a Congolese national park it manages ...

Rights groups warn that Egypt's civic space has been gutted through widespread abuses and call for urgent reforms to protect fundamental freedoms and ensure accountability. The African Commission for ...

Gauteng Provincial Office is calling for submissions as it embarks on an investigative inquiry into the water crisis in the province. Interested parties and stakeholders have until April 30 to provide ...

From Ajiri Daniels, AbujaBaze University, in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), hosted a public lecture on Thursday, April 9, 2026, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ...

Human Rights Watch respectfully seeks leave to submit an amicus curiae to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereafter the Court) in relation to its forthcoming advisory opinion on the ...

Human Rights Watch is an independent, non-governmental organization that investigates and reports on human rights abuses in more than 90 countries worldwide. We have documented rights violations ...

The Gambian government announced the election of University of Dayton research professor of law and UD Human Rights Center Director of Programs Satang Nabaneh to the African Committee of Experts on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May ...