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1.	World Report 2012: Strengthen support for ‘Arab Spring’
	Author: Human Rights Watch	Date Written: 22 January 2012
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: North Africa Region	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: North Africa, human rights watch, 2011, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Arab exception, autocrat, democracy
	Summary & Comment: Human Rights Watch recently released its annual review summarizing human rights issues in over 90 countries and territories worldwide for 2011. Of special mention are the peaceful protests in the Middle East and North Africa. The article provides a link to access the 2012 World Report that further details obstructions of human rights in 19 African . . . [expand]
2.	Horn of Africa: Not the time to look away
	Author: E. Weir, A. Blatter & M Gabaudan	Date Written: 12 December 2011
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Refugees International
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://refugeesinternational.org/
	Key Words: UNHCR, IDP, refugees, security, humanitarian aid
	Summary & Comment: Although the world's attention has moved away from the July famine crisis in the Horn of Africa, the crisis hasn't abated. Rising insecurity in the region, inefficient aid delivery and overcrowded refugee camps still exist. The Kenyan government, the United Nations, the world must not look away. CJW
3.	Southern Africa: Counter-trafficking measures trail commitments
	Author: IRIN	Date Written: 12 December 2011
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: IRIN
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org/
	Key Words: governance, migration, security, human trafficking
	Summary & Comment: Poverty, unemployment and a high migrant turnover are all perfect conditions for human trafficking. Southern Africa has protocols, strategic plans and frameworks to deal with this human rights scourge but at the end of it, there have been no more than a handful of prosecutions in the region against human traffickers. A roomful of SADC officials wa . . . [expand]
4.	Nigerian bill criminalises more than just gay people
	Author: Elizabeth Whitman	Date Written: 7 December 2011
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Inter Press Service Africa
	Secondary Category: Gender	Source URL: http://www.ips.org/
	Key Words: UN, criminalization, same-sex marriage, LGBT
	Summary & Comment: "This isn't really just about queer rights. This is about rights for everybody". So says a Nigerian student demonstrating against the recent passage of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill in the Nigerian Senate. Despite threats from donor countries to cut aid, Nigerian lawmakers remain defiant, possibly because the bill is being u . . . [expand]
5.	The right to education
	Author: Samir Amin	Date Written: 10 November 2011
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Pambazuka News
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: Africa, education, gender, human rights
	Summary & Comment: "‘The right to education is a fundamental human right, inseparable from people’s aspirations to a full and a wholly authentic democracy,’ argues Samir Amin." HSEN
6.	Malawi: No social safety nets for the poor
	Author: Travis Lupick & Archibald Kasakura	Date Written: 4 November 2011
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Inter Press Service Africa
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.ips.org/
	Key Words: governance, poverty, employment, economy
	Summary & Comment: Malawi has legislation on the books to protect families from falling on hard times, such as the Employment Act and a recently amended Pension Bill. Problem is, 90 percent of Malawians work outside the formal economy. The Malawi Social Support Policy was rolled out in several regions in 2006, delivering financial assistance to the ultra-poor. Time w . . . [expand]
7.	Zambia: Workers detail abuse in Chinese-owned mines
	Author: Human Rights Watch	Date Written: 3 November 2011
	Primary Category: Human Rights	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/
	Key Words: Zambia, China, labour laws, safety, economy
	Summary & Comment: Chinese mining companies are taking their labour practices into Zambian mines, flouting that country's labour laws and regulations. Human Rights Watch has released a report outlining the persistent abuses in mines ultimately owned by the Chinese government. The title of that report says it all: "You'll Be Fired If You Refuse". C . . . [expand]