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» 19.07.2007 - "NGO independence under threat" in Zambia
» 16.07.2007 - Protest over harsh Ethiopian sentences
» 28.06.2007 - London again delays Chagossian return
» 09.06.2007 - Joy after Mauritania acquittal of 24 "Islamists"
» 01.06.2007 - Niger govt agrees to fight slavery
» 20.04.2007 - AU, EU agree to tackle land mines
» 05.04.2007 - Uganda legalises extra-marital sex
» 04.04.2007 - Gambian leader threatens judiciary
» 28.03.2007 - Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested again
» 23.03.2007 - Southern Africa fed up with Zimbabwe regime
» 22.03.2007 - Zimbabwe calls for African support
» 21.03.2007 - "South Africa must be up against Mugabe"
» 21.03.2007 - Death by stoning hangs over Sudanese women
» 19.03.2007 - Zimbabwe threatens Western diplomats
» 08.03.2007 - South Africa launches action plan against gender violence
» 01.03.2007 - Nigeria's anti-gay bill causes protests
» 22.02.2007 - Little African interest in banning cluster bombs
» 15.02.2007 - Egypt raids Islamist opposition
» 13.02.2007 - Martial law in Guinea causes more protests
» 26.01.2007 - Singapore hangs two African "drug dealers"
» 20.12.2006 - EU urged to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe
» 15.12.2006 - Gambian President tells citizens "Forgive me"
» 06.12.2006 - Zimbabwe grilled over rights, again
» 30.11.2006 - Opposition rights "trampled on" in Central African Republic
» 28.11.2006 - Zimbabwe begs African Commission to defer its case
» 24.11.2006 - African rights treaties just coloured paper?
» 20.11.2006 - African Union packs aside Zimbabwe's rights report
» 07.11.2006 - "Still 63 political prisoners held in Equatorial Guinea"
» 06.11.2006 - Media harassment undermining Sudan peace
» 01.11.2006 - Mozambique discovers its gay minority
» 30.10.2006 - Zimbabwe human rights row in Malawi
» 17.10.2006 - Concern over humanitarian crisis in Congo
» 11.10.2006 - UN condemns anti-gay laws of Cameroon
» 11.10.2006 - EU gauges Togolese democracy
» 06.10.2006 - Suspected Gambian coupists before court martial
» 05.10.2006 - UN slams Morocco on abuses in Western Sahara
» 08.09.2006 - EU wants Security Council action against Zimbabwe
» 05.09.2006 - Ghana turns down homosexuals' bid for recognition
» 21.06.2006 - US cuts aid to Gambia over dictatorship tendencies
» 08.06.2006 - Gambia pays lip service to torture convention
» 07.06.2006 - "Algiers, Cairo, Rabat used as CIA detention centres"
» 06.06.2006 - Political prisoners let to leave Equatorial Guinea
» 01.06.2006 - Senegal cancels repatriation deal with Spain
» 01.06.2006 - Benin opts to maintain death sentences
» 24.05.2006 - "Escalation of hysterical repression" in Tunisia
» 22.05.2006 - Habré case again haunts Senegal
» 25.04.2006 - Non-Tswana, foreigners face tough discrimination in Botswana
» 29.03.2006 - New Zimbabwe rights body "should be independent"
» 24.03.2006 - Nigeria urged not to "criminalise gay rights"
» 22.03.2006 - Coup claims in Gambia lead to wave of arrests
» 22.03.2006 - Ethiopia frees opposition activists, journalists
» 01.03.2006 - Tunisia still holds some 200 political prisoners
» 01.02.2006 - Congo war criminal left operating by govt, UN
» 06.12.2005 - Eritrea sends untried journalist back to jail
» 02.12.2005 - "Slavery still casts shadow over Mauritania"
» 01.12.2005 - Senegal calls for AU "dictator tribunal"
» 30.11.2005 - Sierra Leone editor finally freed
» 30.11.2005 - Attacks on press, opposition in Egypt
» 29.11.2005 - Senegal leaves Habré case to African Union
» 25.11.2005 - Chad ex-Dictator to stay in Senegal, for now
» 24.11.2005 - Amnesty denounces abuse in Western Sahara
» 22.11.2005 - France follows up on Rwanda genocide accusations
» 22.11.2005 - Eritrean-Swedish journalist finally freed
» 18.11.2005 - "Never again Tunisia," 14 organisations
» 17.11.2005 - South Africa's asylum policies slammed
» 16.11.2005 - UN finally signals discontent with Tunisia
» 16.11.2005 - Three Gambian opposition leaders arrested
» 15.11.2005 - Chad ex-dictator detained in Senegal
» 15.11.2005 - More protesters released from jail in Ethiopia
» 07.11.2005 - Sudan's organisations fear new legislation
» 09.09.2005 - Deterioration of rights situation in Tunisia
» 08.09.2005 - Sahrawi political prisoners on hunger strike
» 27.07.2005 - Torture "still routine" in Nigeria
» 26.07.2005 - Annan turns down invitation to Zimbabwe
» 12.07.2005 - Chad's torture victims still await justice
» 11.07.2005 - Fears of enhanced gay repression in Uganda
» 16.06.2005 - Donors shy away Eritrea despite famine
» 13.06.2005 - UN to investigate Togo abductions, torture
» 17.05.2005 - "Torture perpetrators not prosecuted in Uganda"
» 18.04.2005 - Newspaper launched to advocate Zambia media reform
» 13.04.2005 - "Women are a lucrative commodity in Equatorial Guinea," NGO
» 05.04.2005 - Sudan with most death penalties in Africa
» 18.03.2005 - Little support for Nigeria's Darfur court
» 17.03.2005 - "No asylum seekers from Seychelles"
» 10.03.2005 - Nigeria "must do more" against religious violence
» 07.03.2005 - Confusion over Niger govt stand on slavery
» 28.02.2005 - Despite court order, Botswana determined to expel academic
» 23.02.2005 - Outrage as Botswana expels critical academic
» 16.02.2005 - Egypt houses up to 1 million stateless children
» 08.02.2005 - New attacks on Zimbabwe opposition leaders
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