Africa

Protesters hold posters of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Janjaweed leader Ali Kosheib (right) outside the European Union Council in Brussels on July 14, 2008.

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Sudan: Satellite Images Confirm Villages Destroyed

Satellite images confirm the wholesale destruction of villages in Central Darfur in an attack in April 2013 by a militia leader sought by the International Criminal Court

Sierra Leone: Investigate Alleged Rebel Arms Supplier

Jun 19, 2013
Uganda: Museveni's 10,000 Days in Power

Jun 18, 2013
Sudan: Satellite Images Confirm Villages Destroyed

Jun 18, 2013
Tanzania: Police Abuse, Torture, Impede HIV Services

Jun 18, 2013

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Reforming Zimbabwe’s Security Sector Ahead of Elections
"You Are All Terrorists"

Kenyan Police Abuse of Refugees in Nairobi

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Sierra Leone: Investigate Alleged Rebel Arms Supplier

Jun 19, 2013

The Sierra Leone authorities should open a criminal investigation of a suspected arms supplier for his alleged involvement in international crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war. This would be Sierra Leone’s first purely domestic prosecution in relation to war crimes or crimes against humanity committed during its 11-year armed conflict, which ended in 2002.
Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 18 June

Jun 18, 2013
Uganda: Museveni's 10,000 Days in Power

Jun 18, 2013

On 15 June, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, joined the ‘10,000 Club’, a small coterie of world leaders who have held power for over 10,000 days – more than 27 years. In Africa, only Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Jose Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola have remained in office longer.
Examining Prospects for Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe

Jun 18, 2013
Sudan: Satellite Images Confirm Villages Destroyed

Jun 18, 2013

Satellite images confirm the wholesale destruction of villages in Central Darfur in an attack in April 2013 by a militia leader sought by the International Criminal Court
Tanzania: Police Abuse, Torture, Impede HIV Services

Jun 18, 2013

Tanzanians who are most at risk of HIV face widespread police abuse and often can’t get help when they are victims of crime, Human Rights Watch and the Wake Up and Step Forward Coalition (WASO) said in a report released today.
Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 14 June

Jun 14, 2013
Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 13 June

Jun 13, 2013
Ghana: Mine Accident Highlights Risk to Children

Jun 13, 2013

A recent mining accident that killed 16 people at an unlicensed artisanal gold mine in Ghana underscores the need for tougher measures to end child labor and protect the safety of adult artisanal miners. HRW visited the site of the mine collapse between May 31 and June 2, 2013.
In South Sudan, Ending Child Marriage Will Require a Comprehensive Approach

Jun 13, 2013

Akech B. loved to study and dreamed of becoming a nurse. But when she was 14, her uncle who was raising her forced her to leave school to marry a man Akech described as old and gray-haired. The man paid 75 cows as dowry for Akech. He was already married to another woman with whom he had several children.

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