Human Rights

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Metro

Liberia Lacks Comprehensive Data on Civil War Victims as War Crimes Court Moves Forward

Liberia has no comprehensive record of how many people suffered during its brutal civil conflicts, a revelation that threatens to complicate the establishment...

Metro

Alarming Rise in Mob Violence Threatens Rule of Law Across Nigeria

A wave of vigilante violence is sweeping across Nigeria, with citizens increasingly taking the law into their own hands to punish suspected criminals...

Metro

Over 6000 Missing Relatives Fuel Military Recruitment Crisis in Southeast Nigeria

Families across Southeast Nigeria are refusing to allow their children to enlist in the military after more than 6000 relatives disappeared under Nigerian...

Entertainment

Nigerian Singer Rollex Dee Allegedly Vomiting Blood in Police Detention as Family Demands Release

A desperate mother's plea has thrust the prolonged detention of Nigerian singer Rollex Dee back into the spotlight, with alarming reports emerging that...

Politics

Opposition Party Declares Nigeria Full Authoritarian State Under Tinubu Administration

Nigeria's main opposition party has launched a scathing attack on the Tinubu administration, declaring that Africa's most populous nation has descended into full...

World

Morocco Jails Seven Taxi Drivers in First Convictions Following Mass Migration Surge to Ceuta

Seven Moroccan taxi drivers have been sentenced to up to six months in prison and fined $1,070 each for transporting migrants to the...

World

Google Suspends Controversial AI Feature That Let Users Alter Satellite Images

Google has abruptly suspended a controversial artificial intelligence feature just one day after launch, following fierce criticism from human rights researchers and journalists...

Metro

Amnesty International Demands Investigation Into Prolonged Detentions at Borno Military Facility

Nigerian military authorities are facing mounting pressure to address allegations of prolonged detention without trial at a military facility in Maiduguri, as Amnesty...

Metro

Vigilante Justice Spreads Across Nigeria as Mobs Force Suspected Thieves to Perform Humiliating Acts

Across Nigeria, a troubling pattern of street justice is unfolding as suspected thieves find themselves subject to public humiliation rather than formal prosecution,...

World

UN Rights Chief Warns Israeli Actions in Lebanon May Constitute War Crimes

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivered a stark warning from Beirut on Monday, announcing that his office has documented...