The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Thursday issued a stark warning about escalating violence, entrenched impunity, and grave violations of human rights that pose a threat to the country’s fragile democratic transition. The Commission emphasized that impunity remains a defining feature of South Sudan’s conflict. Commissioner Carlos Castresana Fernández stated: [...]

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Wednesday unanimously expanded the scope of the landmark Maria da Penha Law (Law 11.340/2006), ensuring women are protected from gender-based violence not only in domestic settings but also in public, professional, political and community spaces. The STF ruled that protective measures under the law apply to all forms of [...]

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Tuesday strongly condemned recent armed group attacks in the country’s Warrap state that left more than 60 civilians dead and at least 50 others injured. The peacekeeping mission described the attacks as deliberate targeting of non-combatants that may amount to war crimes under international law. According [...]

INTERPOL announced on Monday that it has released a new report entitled “African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026,” which reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) now drives over 55 percent of cybercrime across Africa, with financial losses doubling to $484 million since 2024. In commenting on the significance of the report, the director for cybercrime at INTERPOL, [...]

United Nations experts on Tuesday warned that 20 years after the Probo Koala toxic waste disaster in Côte d’Ivoire, thousands of victims still remain without justice, compensation, or effective remedies, highlighting what they call “environmental racism” and corporate impunity. In August 2006, the MV Probo Koala, chartered by commodity trading company Trafigura, offloaded toxic waste [...]

Burkina Faso’s authorities have failed to account for the whereabouts of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon two years after she was forcibly “disappeared” by state security forces, a coalition of rights groups said Monday, renewing demands for his immediate release. Oulon, who is the director of the newspaper L’Événement (The Event), known for his investigative reporting [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday suspended its chief prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct. The unprecedented move places Khan’s future in the hands of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), which will convene a special session to determine whether he remains in office. The allegations, first reported in 2024 to the [...]

Hundreds of women marched in Nairobi on Monday to demand urgent government action against gender-based violence after a surge in femicide and child disappearance. Carrying a coffin, placards reading “stop killing women,” and dolls wrapped in the Kenyan flag to highlight the vulnerability of children, protesters sought to transform outrage into accountability, urging authorities to [...]

Amnesty International demanded on Tuesday that Mozambican authorities conduct a prompt, independent, and impartial investigation into the killing of opposition figure, Pedro João Chaúque, in Gaza, Mozambique, on May 16 and bring perpetrators to justice. Chaúque, a member of the opposition party National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique (Anamola), was shot dead when [...]

Former Nigerian petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke on Monday denied bribery allegations in her ongoing trial at Southwark Crown Court in London, insisting she never solicited or received illicit payments while in office. Alison-Madueke faces five counts of accepting bribes and one of conspiracy to commit bribery. She was charged in 2013, with prosecutors alleging she [...]