Police in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe , were seen assaulting and arresting protesters who had taken to the streets Wednesday to express dissatisfaction with newly proposed constitutional amendments. Witnesses reported that at least 20 protesters...
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Jonathan Samkange, senior lawyer for the legal team defending Simon Mann in his extradition proceedings, was released by Harare police in Zimbabwe Wednesday after being arrested Monday night for alleged violations of Zimbabwe's Immigration Act...
A High Court in Kenya has denied government objections to a civil lawsuit brought by family members of the 365 confirmed victims of the 1984 Wagalla Massacre by Kenyan security forces. The Kenyan government had filed a motion seeking...
The senior Zimbabwe lawyer for soon-to-be-extradited British mercenary Simon Mann was arrested Monday night for alleged violations of Zimbabwe's Immigration Act . Jonathan Samkange was arrested by police in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital city, for allegedly violating...
Twenty-five judicial officials were removed from their offices in the Lagos State Judiciary in Nigeria Monday following allegations of corruption and bribery. State Attorney General Oluyemi Osinbajo announced the firings of 22 magistrates and...
Leadership within the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) has called on Nepal's interim parliament to immediately declare the country a federal democratic republic. CPN-M leadership formed a human protest chain through the parliament building on...
Joram Gumbo, a Zimbabwean delegate to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and member of the ruling party of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe , expressed outrage and contempt Sunday for the African organization's decision to send...
Fiji military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has carried out a threat to remove the elected government from power unless current Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase voluntarily resigned, a move Qarase flatly refused to...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) urged the Nepali Maoist party Monday to keep its promises to stop its human rights violations. OHCHR-Nepal alleges that Maoist troops...
Leading Wednesday's international brief, Amnesty International has alleged that efforts by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to provide housing for the hundreds of thousands of residents he forcefully evicted in 2005 have fallen well short of international human...
