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Inside Libya’s secret jail: ‘Being alive is a miracle’
On 1 October 2020, Walid Elhouderi was called in to act as…
88 top lawyers battle it out in Kenya election petition
A battery of the country’s top legal minds was Tuesday paraded at…
South African official defends xenophobic comments
A South African provincial official has defended her comments that blamed immigrant…
Ghana: Three arrested for gang-raping 25-year-old woman
A 25-year-old woman from Gomoa Dominase in the Central Region of Ghana…
Rape on the rise in South Sudan as fighting eases
Conflict-related sexual violence is on the rise in South Sudan as fighting…
60-year-old Ghanaian Edward Quayson remanded by Nigeria court for alleged defilement
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…
Ethiopia among worst jailers of journalists – rights group
According to the committee, the conflict that broke out in November 2020…
More than 80 in court following gang rape in South Africa
Some 82 people are appearing in a South African court on Monday…
Rise of homophobia in Senegal forcing LGBTQ people into the shadows
Every time Abdou's mother hears of a homophobic attack in the streets…
R. Kelly’s sisters speak out in defense of singer, say 30-year sentence was due to racism
The sisters of the disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly have spoken out in defence…