Human Rights

Four arrested in Uganda over 'acts of homosexuality'

The law -- considered one of the harshest of its kind in the world -- contain...

UK's migration crackdown plan to become law

The legislation would outlaw asylum claims by all arrivals via the Channel an...

Uganda lawmakers pass new draft of harsh anti-gay bill

Legislators amended portions of the draft law to clarify that identifying as ...

Uganda president to discuss anti-gay bill with lawma...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has summoned ruling party lawmakers to a m...

Morocco court ups jail terms in child rape case that...

A Moroccan court has sharply increased the jail sentences handed down against...

Britain defends Rwanda asylum plan as 'compassionate'

The agreement between Britain and Rwanda "will lead the way in finding a solu...

Uganda leader calls gay people 'deviants' as anti-LG...

Under the proposed law, anyone who engages in same-sex activity or who identi...

Amnesty denounces police misuse of rubber bullets wo...

Following 5-year long research in over 30 countries, the London-based group c...

Youths advised to mind more about Dignity than Homos...

Matters of homosexuality or LGBT concerns the whole country especially the yo...

Kenyan police officers sentenced for murder of right...

The bodies of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda, and driver Jo...

EU dangles visa threat over countries refusing to ta...

The European Union urgently seeks to do away with irregular migrants.

Zambia abolishes death penalty

President Hakainde Hichilema, whose party was in opposition for over two deca...

UK judges rule Rwanda deportation plan lawful

Former prime minister Boris Johnson brought in the proposal to try to tackle ...

Sudan's Rastas fear new crackdown but vow to fight on

The number of Rastafarians in Sudan is unknown, and the community had largely...

African students face tough battle for Canada visas

In a report quietly released at the end of September, the national immigratio...