Human Rights
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:58
Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, agreed to meet me at 11 a.m. on a recent Saturday. Kagame’s office is on top of a hill near the center of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, and I took a taxi there, driven by a man in a suit and tie. Whenever I’m in Kigali, I am always impressed by how spotless it is, how the city hums with efficiency, which is all the more remarkable considering that Rwanda remains one of the poorest nations in the world.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:51
The Sudanese parliament has called for raising the state of alert and opening the Popular Defense Forces (PDF) camps to accommodate the Mujahideen (holy fighters) in preparation for a possible military attacks carried out by the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel coalition in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur during the rainy season.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:50
An unknown number of people have reportedly been killed and injured in a sustained aerial bombardment, allegedly by Antonov aircraft of the Sudanese Air Force, in parts of Darfur’s East Jebel Marra on Monday and Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:45
Police in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo moved in Tuesday to secure territory recently reclaimed from the M23 rebels, as the country postponed a "national dialogue" aimed at ending its political, social and military crises.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:44
Thousands of Rwandans who have been living in Tanzania for most, if not all their lives, are being forced to flee their homes.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:16
The Central African Republic, CAR, is now teetering on the brink of collapse following the March 24, 2013 coup that overthrew François Bozizé, ushering in new strongman, Michel Djotodia. The exemplary brutality of his Séléka troops has since resulted in a worsening humanitarian, security and political crisis that has only added to the country's old economic woes.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:08
Uganda has called an emergency meeting of the extraordinary summit of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) to discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:04
About 20,000 struggle with no official status two years after independence from Sudan.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 06:21
An independent journalist and civil society activist in Kazakhstan has been released from a pretrial detention center, reported RFE/RL.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 05:57
With a presidential election fast approaching in early October, however, authorities have evidently opted to offer a few carrots in the hopes of quelling critical news coverage.