Home | About Us | News Feeds RSS | Subscribe | Support Us | User Login | Search

InfoServ Pages
RSS RSS News Feeds
Topics
Africa General
Africa's Image
AIDS and Health
Africa Union / NEPAD
Ecology
Economic Justice
Gender
Human Rights
Interfaith Relations
Resource Extraction
Youth & Children
Regions
Central (Great Lakes)
Eastern
Southern
Western
Countries
Angola
Kenya
Sudan
Zimbabwe

Coordinator's Picks


About InfoServ
Purpose
History
Identity
Editorial Policy
Content
Africa Research Archive
Free E-mail Service
Human Rights

RSS Subscribe to the RSS News Feed for Human Rights


The articles below are the most recent additions to the Human Rights category of Africa InfoServ. To read the article, click on its title. To see more Human Rights articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive.

Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

1. Longer, analytical article. FEMNET - Waiting, watching and wondering
Author: Roselyn Musa, Pan-African Postcard Date Written: 6 March 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Pambazuka 351
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: women, rights, FEMNET, International Women’s Day,

Summary & Comment: International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on how far women have come, and how far they still have to go. There can be no peace, security, or sustainable economic development if societies continue to deny the human rights of women. Men and women must work together to secure the rights and full potential of women if lasting solutions are to be f . . . [expand]
2. Longer, analytical article. Sourcing Human Rights’ issues for a global agenda
Author: Jegede Ademola Oluborode Date Written: 27 February 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Pambazuka News 348
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: human rights, issues, global agenda,

Summary & Comment: The author makes the case that human rights are a collective responsibility - everywhere - all the time. DN
3. Longer, analytical article. Is deprivation of basic rights an inevitable part of life?
Author: Simson Mwale, Challenge magazine Date Written: 3 February 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
Secondary Category: Southern Region Source URL:
Key Words: constitution, deprivation, rights,

Summary & Comment: In the current Zambian Constitution, the government only commits itself in Article 112 of the “Directive Principles of State Policy” to create conditions under which all citizens shall be able to secure adequate means of livelihood, to provide clean and safe water and to provide a clean and healthy environment. But, whether these are actually made . . . [expand]
4. Politicians ’pay for killings’
Author: News 24, Nairobi Date Written: 11 January 2008
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Legalbrief Africa
Secondary Category: Kenya Source URL: http://www.news24.com
Key Words: Elections, violence, Kenya

Summary & Comment: Two Kenyan human rights organisations have reported that some of the worst violence in Kenya’s disputed presidential election has been perpetrated by paid militias directed by politicians. The orginsations claim that what has happened in the Rift Valley is not some primal rising up of ethnic communities against each other but rather organised milit . . . [expand]
5. Longer, analytical article. Sudan: The road to security in Darfur blocked by government obstructions
Author: Human Rights Watch and 34 others Date Written: 20 December 2007
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: National Advocacy Coalition
Secondary Category: Sudan Source URL: http://sdcanada.org
Key Words: Sudan, Darfur, UNAMID deployment, government, obstructions,

Summary & Comment: Human Rights Watch, Save Darfur Canada and 33 other organizations have launched a report on the Sudanese government’s obstruction of peacekeeping in Darfur. The failure of United Nations and African Union member states to contribute critical equipment required by UNAMID, such as helicopters and trucks, only reinforces the government of Sudan’s atte . . . [expand]
6. Human rights watchdogs urge action against enforced disappearance
Author: IRIN, Brazzaville Date Written: 21 November 2007
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: IRIN News
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org
Key Words: Rp of Congo, FIDH, enforced disappearance,

Summary & Comment: At a meeting in Brazzaville the International Human Rights Federation asked all African Union member states to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2006. Several African countries have signed the convention, but none has ratified it. . . . [expand]
7. Longer, analytical article. D R Congo: Torture and killings by State security agents still endemic
Author: Amnesty International Date Written: 24 October 2007
Primary Category: Human Rights Document Origin: Amnesty International
Secondary Category: Central Region Source URL: http://web.amnesty.org
Key Words: Congo, impunity, torture, state agents, Kabila

Summary & Comment: This report documents serious violations of human rights that took place in Kinshasa during and after the 2006-2007 electoral period. In particular, the report highlights two government security forces that were responsible for the majority of politically-motivated violations against both real and supposed political opponents of President Joseph Ka . . . [expand]

Complete List of Articles from Human Rights