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...

Tony Blair on “low Key” Visit to Sierra Leone

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Monday began a two-day visit to Sierra leone after arriving in the country late Sunday evening. Blair, flanked by Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma, told media executives at State House that “Sierra...