Friday, June 26, 2026

Human Rights Watch

June 10, 2026

Human Rights Watch accuses Rwandan soldiers, M23 fighters of killing, torturing captured civilians in DR Congo

According to the report, the M23 fighters held children at Tshanzu camp for training and forced labour and selected some for guard duty and to beat other detainees.

Rwandan Soldiers
May 22, 2026

Senegal PM accuses West of trying to impose homosexuality on nation

On March 12, UN rights chief Volker Turk urged Mr Faye not to enact the law.

Ousmane Sonko
January 4, 2026

Human Rights Watch faults Maduro’s ouster; laments repression, rigged election in Venezuela

The Human Rights Watch has called for prompt return to “rights-respecting democracy” in Venezuela, lamenting decade of repression, human rights amid the ouster of ex-president Nicolás Maduro

Human Rights Watch
November 4, 2025

Human Rights Watch condemns attacks on protesters in Tanzania

The organisation condemned the refusal to allow journalists to cover the poll.

August 20, 2025

Omissions in 2024 rights report to avoid redundancy, biased demands: U.S Govt

The Human Rights Watch had berated the report as “an exercise in whitewashing and deception.”

President Donald Trump
August 20, 2025

U.S. report dishonest about rights abuses in developing nations: Human Rights Watch

The Nigerian government occasionally took steps to investigate alleged human rights abuses by officials, but the report stated that prosecution and punishment were rare.

Donald Trump with African leaders
July 30, 2025

HRW tackles electoral body over attempts to bar Cameroon’s main opposition candidate from presidential poll  

Mr Sother stated that the electoral commission’s action was illegal and orchestrated to remove competition in the election.

Paul Biya
May 22, 2025

Borno: Nigerian soldiers, politicians working for Boko Haram, says Gov Zulum

“Let’s remove contractocracy. In six months, we can put an end to this madness. We need not politicise insecurity,” stated the Borno governor.

Boko Haram and Zulum
April 10, 2025

Unfortunate Northerners ravaged by poverty, bandits need EU’s special attention: Peter Obi

Peter Obi has urged the European Union to give “special attention” to North-East and North-West geopolitical regions ravaged by “criminality and hardship.”

Obi and almajiris
December 2, 2024

It’s official, sex workers get maternity leave, sick days, pension in Belgium

The new law came two years after sex work was decriminalised in Belgium.

Red District Belgium (Credit: X)