Aljazeera
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:28
Ghana's mining industry has been benefiting from child labour in unlicensed mines, Human Rights Watch has said, after conducting field observations in the Western, Central and Ashanti Regions.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 07:11
The idea of a literal war on terrorism, as opposed to the figurative "wars" on corruption and drugs, is meant to generate a climate of fear and foster an unthinking and unquestioning patriotism. This provides not only the carpet under which the Kenyan government seeks to sweep its failure to fundamentally reform and fix the country's security system, but also the justification for a clampdown on dissent.
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 06:38
More than 1,300 young Somali men have been jailed in prisons abroad for piracy since 2005. Most have been sentenced to life in jail.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 06:50
About 12,500 political prisoners in Uzbekistan - more than in the Soviet gulags at the height of the Cold War - are subjected to systematic torture: asphyxiation, electrocution, and beatings, human rights groups, former inmates, and researchers say.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 06:42
Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab rebels have claimed responsibility for the suicide explosion that killed a senior police chief in the north of the war-torn country, the latest in a string of attacks.
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 06:41
South Sudanese rebels have launched an offensive to retake a key town near the border with Ethiopia in what the United Nations said was a clear violation of a truce agreement.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 06:21
Citing shared goals of peace and security, the United States last month gave Mauritania a $21m pair of military aircraft outfitted with advanced surveillance equipment.
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:37
More than 130,000 DRC citizens have been kicked out of Congo-Brazzaville as claims of physical and sexual abuse continue.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 08:16
A Bahraini court on Wednesday acquitted a prominent opposition figure on charges of "inciting terrorism" and having links with a group that the government has designated as "terrorist".
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 09:15
"The US is becoming very skilled on conjuring up failed states, and helping them fail even more."