African Union Considers Looking At Cabinda Claims Against the Angolan Government

More than five years after the Front for the Liberation of Cabinda (FLEC) filed a complaint with the African Union (AU) against the Angolan government for alleged human rights abuses, the AU says it is willing to hear the “merits” of appointing a...

African Commission Urges States to Ratify Protocol on African Court

The acting chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR), Bahame Mukirya Tom Nyanduga, has called on member States that are yet to ratify the Protocol establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to do so. Tom...

Human Rights Defenders Concerned Over Media Laws in Rwanda

The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) has called on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to ask the Government of Rwanda to remove all criminal sanctions of press offenses and introduce legal...