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Traffic police are seen on duty at the Lafto neighbourhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 5, 2021. REUTERS-Tiksa Negeri

UN: At least 1,000 arrested since Ethiopia state of emergency

November 17, 2021

The head of Sudan's military, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, told reporters the incident took place on Saturday. He said it showed how the military was protecting the country in the wake of a coup attempt in Khartoum last week.

Sudan general dissolves government after ‘coup’

October 25, 2021

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has strongly condemned the execution of a child offender in Iran on Thursday morning.

UN condemns execution of child offenders in Iran

December 31, 2020

From left— Debo Adeniran, ED, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL); Comrade Soweto, Convener, Youths Right Campaign (YRC); Akinbode Oluwafemi, ED; Aderonke Ige, Associate Director, both of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), and Abayomi Francis, ED, Peace and Development Project (PEDEP) at the briefing on CAPPA’s submission of a petition to the ICC and UN, on Friday.

#EndSARS: CAPPA petitions ICC with 10,152 signatures seeking justice for protesters

November 20, 2020

Ethiopia’s parliament has appointed a new head of Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said as a prominent rights group reported a “massacre” of scores of civilians in the conflict.

Ethiopian rights group warns of ‘ethnic profiling’ of Tigrayans

November 14, 2020

UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday slammed Iran for reportedly executing two juvenile offenders in four days and urged Tehran to call an immediate halt to such killings.

UN rights chief condemns Tanzania election violence

November 11, 2020

Tanzania’s opposition presidential candidate leaves for Belgium

November 11, 2020

UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday slammed Iran for reportedly executing two juvenile offenders in four days and urged Tehran to call an immediate halt to such killings.

UN rights body to probe US over racism against African-Americans

June 20, 2020

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UN: East Libya expels 1,400 refugees, migrants this year

April 28, 2020

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised former Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode for abandoning the Lagos light rail project while he was the governor of the state between 2015 and 2019.

Ex-President Obasanjo, Gordon Brown, others demand action against pandemic

April 8, 2020

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UN hacked in apparent espionage operation – report

January 30, 2020

SERAP petitions UN over attacks on protesters in Abuja

December 24, 2019

GENEVA - UN investigators accused Chile's police and army of indiscriminate violence and gross violations, including torture and rape, in crushing recent mass protests over social and economic grievances.

Chile security forces accused of gross violations in quelling protests

December 14, 2019

More than 20 countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic minority Uighurs in the country's Xinjiang region in the first such joint move on the issue at the United Nations' Human Rights Council, according to diplomats and a letter seen by Reuters news agency.

Report: China rebuked at UN over Uighur detention

July 10, 2019

Egypt accuses UN of seeking to ‘politicise’ Mohammed Morsi’s death

June 19, 2019