Human Rights

The High Court in Botswana has upheld Fresh Standard (Pty) Limited’s exclusive rights to produce hemp and cannabis for industrial and medical purposes in the country.This is contained in a ruling by Gaborone High Court Judge Chris Gabanagae’s in the ca…

The High Court in Botswana has upheld Fresh Standard (Pty) Limited’s exclusive rights to produce hemp and cannabis for industrial and medical purposes in the country.This is contained in a ruling by Gaborone High Court Judge Chris Gabanagae’s in the ca…

Jihadists have killed two people and kidnapped 20 children in Nigeria’s Borno state, where a more than decade-long Islamist insurgency rages, a community leader and two residents said on Friday. Jihadists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the northeastern village of Piyemi on Thursday near the town of Chibok, killing two men […]

The discovery of the decomposing body of five-year-old schoolgirl Hanifa Abubakar has triggered shock and outrage across Nigeria, where the hashtag #JusticeForHanifa is trending. The owner of her school, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, has been arrested and the establishment closed. He allegedly kidnapped Hanifa in the northern Kano state in December to demand a ransom of […]

NAIROBI — Kenyan police say they are sending investigators to the Yala River in western Kenya, where locals have been finding bodies tied up in sacks.The Yala River in western Kenya has become the center of attention for human rights workers and famili…

Autocratic leaders are facing a democratic backlash from their people in several countries around the world, according to the organization Human Rights Watch in its annual global report, which was published Thursday.The report said that in the past 12 …