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- Nigeria: Benue Massacre - TIV Communities Flee to Nasarawa, As Humanitarian Crisis Looms in the Stateon June 18, 2025 at 5:07 pm
[Vanguard] A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding in Nasarawa State, particularly in Keana and Doma Local Government Areas, following the recent massacre of over 200 residents in Yelwata, a border town in neighbouring Benue State, by suspected armed herdsmen.
- Nigeria: Benue / Tinubu Should End the Killings - Olawepo-Hashimon June 18, 2025 at 5:07 pm
[Vanguard] ...Commiserates with Plateau over death of CAN chairman
- Liberia: Humanitarian Group Calls On Liberian Government to Support Aging Populationon June 18, 2025 at 4:49 pm
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Word of Life International (WLI) has urged the Liberian government to include dedicated funding for the aging population in the national budget.
- Liberia: Day of the African Child Marked With Call for Stronger Planning and Budgeting for Children's Rightson June 18, 2025 at 4:49 pm
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Youth Network for Positive Change (YOUNETPO), hosted a program commemorating the Day of the African Child (DAC) with a strong call for improved planning and budgeting to advance children's rights in Liberia.
- Kenya: Deputy Inspector General Summoned Over Blogger's Deathon June 18, 2025 at 3:40 pm
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has summoned the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Eliud Lagat, requiring him to appear before its investigations team to record a statement in connection with the ongoing probe into the death of Albert Ojwang' in police custody.
- South Africa: Legal Battle Erupts Over Control and Conduct of NSPCAon June 18, 2025 at 3:36 pm
[Daily Maverick] Two local SPCA societies are taking the national body to court with a list of serious allegations. The NSPCA says it's about personal grievances and not animal welfare.
- Malawi: 'Where Are the Arrests?' - Trapence Slams Police Over Delays in Political Violence Crackdownon June 18, 2025 at 2:55 pm
[Nyasa Times] Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Chairperson Gift Trapence has unleashed a scathing rebuke against the Malawi Police Service, demanding answers from Inspector General (IG) of Police, Dr. Merlyne Yolamu, over the continued silence and inaction on political violence cases.
- Kenya: 16 Treated At KNH From Nairobi Protests, Including Trader Shot in the Headon June 18, 2025 at 2:51 pm
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has confirmed that it received 16 patients injured during Tuesday's #JusticeForOjwang protests in Nairobi, including a male trader who was shot in the head and remains in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
- Kenya: Over 20 Injured in Tuesday's Protests, KNHRC Says, Condemns Police Brutality, Use of Hired Goonson June 18, 2025 at 2:25 pm
[Capital FM] At least 22 people were injured during Tuesday's protests in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilifi, and Kwale, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), which has condemned what it described as excessive use of force and unlawful tactics by police.
- Nigeria: 'Tinubu Must Honour Activists Who Got Judgments for June 12 Polls to Hold'on June 18, 2025 at 12:46 pm
[Vanguard] Lagos -- President Bola Tinubu has been urged to honour the four pro-activists who obtained the historic judgment that enabled Nigerians to vote during the June 12, 1993, general elections.
- Togo: Authorities Must Investigate Allegations Protesters Were Tortured And End Crackdown On Dissenton June 18, 2025 at 10:41 am
[AI London] The Togolese authorities must investigate allegations that protesters were subjected to torture, following protests earlier this month, and respect their commitments to protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression, Amnesty International said today.
- Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Armed Group Forcibly Transferring Civiliansby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 18, 2025 at 7:32 am
[HRW] Nairobi -- Rwanda as Occupying Force May be Responsible for War Crimes
- Nigeria: Prioritize Security Amid Rising Violence in Benue Stateby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 18, 2025 at 7:32 am
[HRW] Abuja -- Protect Communities, Deliver Justice and Accountability
- Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Investigations Needed More Than Everby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 18, 2025 at 4:57 am
[HRW] UN Funding Crisis Should Not Delay Commission of Inquiry
- Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progressby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 18, 2025 at 4:57 am
[HRW] Abuja -- Most African Governments Don't Meet Global Funding Benchmarks
- Sudan: 'Human Trafficking Surges in Sudan' - ACJPSby radiodabanga@gmail.com (Dabanga) on June 18, 2025 at 4:31 am
[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gezira / Washington D.C. -- Human trafficking in Sudan has intensified dramatically since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023, according to a new report from the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). The report, "Human Trafficking in Sudan: Roots, Context, and Current Challenges," released yesterday, describes the crisis as "a humanitarian crisis and an organised crime" driven by "violence, fragile security, poverty, political conflict, and social divisions."
- Uganda: Wangadya Urges Police Officers On Human Rights Observanceon June 17, 2025 at 5:13 pm
[Nile Post] Lady Justice Mariam Wangadya, the Chairperson of Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has called for the need for various key stakeholders in the the justice law and order sector including police to always observe human rights in their line of duty.
- Liberia: Liberian Women, Girls Still Face Barriers to Opportunitiesby editor@liberianobserver.com (Liberian Observer) on June 17, 2025 at 5:04 pm
[Liberian Observer] The latest Afrobarometer survey highlights challenges faced by Liberian women and girls, including gender- based violence, limited access to education, healthcare, employment opportunities, political participation and economic disparities.
- Kenya: Unarmed Hawker Shot Dead By Police During #justiceforojwangprotests in Nairobion June 17, 2025 at 2:29 pm
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- UPDATE: Father of shot man confirms that he is alive and in a critical condition in hospital. - allAfrica editor
- Nigeria: FCTA Moves to Protect Elderly People From Abuseon June 17, 2025 at 12:35 pm
[Daily Trust] The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it is committed to protecting the elderly citizens from various forms of abuse, including health-related, physical, emotional, financial and psychological mistreatments within the territory.
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- Iran-Israel crisis: UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalationon June 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm
As the Iran-Israel crisis continued into a sixth day on Wednesday, the UN deputy human rights chief Nada Al-Nashif called for urgent talks to end the ongoing missile attacks between Tehran and Tel-Aviv.
- Civilian deaths in conflict are surging, warns UN human rights officeon June 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Civilian deaths in conflict surged by 40 per cent last year, according to new data released by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) with already marginalised groups facing disproportionate levels of discrimination.
- UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution siteson June 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm
As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over deadly violence at food distribution points, where over 400 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in recent weeks while trying to access desperately needed humanitarian aid.
- Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space crackdownon June 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm
On the third day of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the spotlight turned to reports on rising executions in Iran and the increasing repression of civic space around the world amid a wave of elections.
- ‘Hate speech is poison in the well of society,’ says Guterreson June 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Hate speech is a warning sign and a driver of violence, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ahead of Wednesday’s International Day for Countering Hate Speech.
- MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 16 Juneon June 16, 2025 at 12:00 pm
After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk on Monday condemned the violence and echoed wider calls for a negotiated end to the attacks. Meanwhile in Gaza, aid workers report that mobile communications networks continue to be cut in the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system and beyond today, thanks for joining us. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here.
- ‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Councilon June 16, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and promote justice and international law, those founding principles are increasingly under threat, the UN’s human rights chief warned on Monday.
- DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts sayon June 16, 2025 at 12:00 pm
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.
- World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimismon June 13, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
- Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisison June 13, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls for urgent reform.
- Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syriaon June 12, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during 14 years of civil war. Now, some families are able to live in hope as the Middle Eastern country emerges from the traumatic period of dictatorship and conflict.
- World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europeon June 12, 2025 at 12:00 pm
With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, the UN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once again sounded the alarm about the crisis unfolding in Sudan on Thursday.
- The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?on June 11, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability.
- Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goalson June 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Nearly all the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for persons with disabilities are off track, the UN deputy chief said on Tuesday, as people from around the world gathered for the largest annual meeting on disability-related issues.
- Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not endon June 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Nearly three months after a catastrophic earthquake struck Myanmar, the country continues to grapple with its aftermath alongside the brutal civil war which has devastated the country since the February 2021 military coup.
- Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probeon June 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, a UN investigative body said on Tuesday, as humanitarian agencies warned of continued mass suffering across the Strip.
- In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ levelon June 5, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.
- World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violationon June 5, 2025 at 12:00 pm
As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors and pregnant women from essential health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday.
- ‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graveson June 4, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human rights chief Volker Türk.
- Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hubon June 3, 2025 at 12:00 pm
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday “trying to access paltry amounts of food” around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel.