AllAfrica News: Human Rights

Lesotho: Govt Investigating Police Brutality - Mokhothu

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:29:45 GMT

[Lesotho Times] Deputy Prime Minister Mathibeli Mokhothu says the cabinet is considering setting up a commission of inquiry to investigate widespread allegations of police brutality.

South Africa: Blackouts Will Continue Until Illegal Connections Are Removed, Warns Ward Councillor

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:22:56 GMT

[GroundUp] "The area is dark and it is dangerous for those who return from work at night"

South Africa: Immigrant Shop Owners a Soft Target for Criminals

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:21:10 GMT

[GroundUp] Reporting crime to the police is "a waste of time" says Delft shop owner

Lesotho: Leribe Murder Victim Identified

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:16:47 GMT

[Lesotho Times] The dismembered body parts of a woman that were discovered last Wednesday in a bushy area in Kholokoe, Leribe, have been identified as belonging to 'Makhutlang Lesekele (nee 'Maleshoane Tukula).

Zimbabwe: #July31 Organiser Ngarivhume Disowns Twitter Account

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:08:41 GMT

[New Zimbabwe] Transform Zimbabwe leader and organiser of the foiled July 31 anti-government protests, Jacob Ngarivhume has disowned a Twitter handle the state claims he used to spread his call for national protests.

Zimbabwe: Two Decades of Warring and the Limitations of Political Absolutism - What Next for ...

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:06:56 GMT

[Kubatana.net] Political absolutism and the 'winner takes all' mentality seems to have taken hold of the Zimbabwean body politic, thus limiting opportunities for nation building and progress. This has created extreme polarisation on issues of presumed national interest.

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Embassy Picks Up Malema, Govt Row

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:52:13 GMT

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwean embassy in South Africa has wadded into the ragging row pitying the Zimbabwean government and opposition South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema.

Namibia: Tackling GBV, Teen Pregnancies

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:51:19 GMT

[New Era] Economic, social and political empowerment are important tools in fighting gender-based violence and achieving gender equality in Namibia. The role of policymakers was the main objective of the exchange platform organised on 24 July by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in partnership with REGAIN TRUST. Members of parliament, representatives from civil society, government and academics participated in the second event of a series of discussion on women's empowerment and reduction of gender-based violence.

Zimbabwe: Malema Torches Diplomatic Tiff With Zimbabwe but Mnangagwa Shoots Back

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:49:53 GMT

[263Chat] Eccentric South African opposition leader, Julius Malema yesterday torched a diplomatic storm with Zimbabwe after he suggested that the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria must be shut down until the government respects human rights.

Zimbabwe: We Achieved Our Goals a Day Before July 31, Claims Tsenengamu

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:48:30 GMT

[263Chat] Former Zanu-PF national youth political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has claimed that the July 31 protest achieved its goals despite claims that it flopped.

Zimbabwe: I'm Under Attack - Mnangagwa

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:46:11 GMT

[263Chat] President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday said he is under a coordinated attack from people and countries who do not want to see his administration achieving the goals it set to develop the country.

Ghana: 50 Investigators Schooled On Sexual Gender Based Violence

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:12:40 GMT

[Ghanaian Times] Fifty investigators of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) are undergoing a three-week training course to upgrade their knowledge on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV), in Accra.

Senegal: Authorities Must Respond to Ransacking of Dakar Newspaper

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:34:37 GMT

[RSF] Les locaux d'un quotidien sénégalais ont été mis à sac par des individus mécontents de la publication d'un article faisant état de la contamination de leur guide religieux par le coronavirus. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) demande aux autorités de réagir rapidement et fermement afin que cette attaque ne reste pas impunie.

Algeria: Journalist's Conviction Would Prove Algeria Is Now Authoritarian

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:34:32 GMT

[RSF] If Khaled Drareni, the Algeria correspondent of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is sentenced to four years in prison, as the prosecution requested when his trial opened in the Algiers district of Sidi M'hamed yesterday, it will confirm that the Algerian state has turned its back on the ideals of the country's independence, RSF said.

Niger: Journalist Freed After 47 Days in Detention Over Facebook Post

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:30:50 GMT

[MFWA] MFWA welcomes the release of Samira Sabou, the journalist and activist in Niger who was arrested and detained over her Facebook post on alleged corruption in the acquisition of military equipment by Niger's Ministry of Defense.

Zimbabwe: Bail Hearing - Ngarivhume to Know Fate 6 August

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:50:58 GMT

[New Zimbabwe] Opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume will continue languishing in remand prison after High Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi reserved to 6 August, his judgement in a case in which the convener of the foiled July 31 protest is appealing against bail denial by the magistrate's court.

Zimbabwe: Authorities Make Another Twitter-Related Arrest

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:50:36 GMT

[Kubatana.net] Zimbabwean authorities on Tuesday 28 July 2020 arrested a 32 year-old man and charged him with criminal nuisance and incitement after he allegedly denigrated President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Twitter.

Zimbabwe: Watchdog Secures Release of Protest Detainees On Bail

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:46:51 GMT

[Kubatana.net] Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Saturday 1 August 2020 granted bail to 13 residents of the capital city, who appeared before him facing various charges after they were arrested by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members in different suburbs for allegedly taking part in anti-government demonstrations.

Zimbabwe: Union Boss Vows More Worker Protests in the Wake of Activist Crackdown

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:27:55 GMT

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa says the workers group will not relent on pushing for better circumstances for ordinary workers for as long as they continued to live under worsening conditions as a result of poor governance by the Zanu PF led administration.

Namibia: Govt Condemned For Gagging Journalists

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:32:38 GMT

[Namibian] Over 80 journalists from different media houses have taken a stand against the muzzling of fellow reporters' freedom and rights to practise their trade without influence.