Category: Human Rights

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN — The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse was thrown into jeopardy Wednesday when his lawyers asked for a mistrial over questions asked of Rittenhouse by the chief prosecutor. The judge did not immediately rule on the request.The st…

At least 108 people were killed and 92 others injured, in a fuel tanker explosion here late Friday, Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), confirmed yesterday.According to a statement by NDMA, a loaded fuel tanker and a truck carryi…

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Free press advocates are calling for accountability for perpetrators of crimes against media workers as they commemorated the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.According to the Somali Journalists Synd…

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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Tigrayan forces said on Saturday they had seized the strategic town of Dessie in Ethiopia’s Amhara region where tens of thousands of ethnic Amharas have sought refuge from an escalation in fighting, but the government denied thi…

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Ugandan police are investigating an explosion on a long-distance bus that killed one person Monday, the second fatal blast in less than 48 hours in the East African country.The bus was traveling from the capital, Kampala, to the weste…

At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded on Saturday when a moderate Islamist group clashed with Somali government troops over control of a town in central Somalia, according to witnesses and regional officials.The clashes started at daw…

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — A United Nations rights commission in South Sudan says the government is harassing activists, journalists and their families, limiting their activities, and targeting their work and finances.In a statement of “concern” issued this w…