Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, fights on against Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against ...
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Zambia: Free Men Charged for Being Homosexual - Human Rights Watch
[HRW]Nairobi -Zambian authorities should dismiss all charges and release two men arrested for engaging in homosexual acts, Human Rights Watch said.
White House playing a name game on Burma
What's in a name? For the Obama administration, a lot, when it comes to the repressive, long-isolated nation of Burma. Seven months after the ...
Human Rights Watch activist Brown dies in NYC at 60
NEW YORK — Activist Cynthia Brown, one of the guiding forces at the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch, has died at age 60 after ...
Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure
An Afghan woman in Kabul on May 10, 2012. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters) In 2009, Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his powers of presidential decree to ...
Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
By Imma Ande YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in support of troops fighting increasingly powerful Islamist insurgents in its ...
Human Rights Watch advocate Cynthia Brown dead at 60
(Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global ...
Africa: Put a Spotlight on African Women's Reproductive Rights
[IPS]Nairobi -Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. "I started labour in the morning on a Friday ... ...
Administration Burma Policy: Lift Sanctions, Ask Questions Later
President Obama’s meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein at the White House today is a stark reminder of how far the Administration has come on ...
: African press review 20 May 2013
The Nigerian army's operation in the northeast against Boko Haram and Raila Odinga's future plans in Kenya are among the stories in today's African ...