West Africa: Ecowas Commission Roll-Up Sleeves to Curb Trafficking in Persons
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Monday, October 14, 2024, begins its 16th Annual Meeting of the Regional Network of National Focal Institutions against Trafficking in Persons plus (RNNI-TIP+) in Mo…
Namibia: Namibia’s Art Scene Has Been Built By Unsung Heroes – Like Queer Artist Jo Rogge
[The Conversation Africa] A week after the opening of their solo exhibition So She Was Turned To a Pillar of Salt at The Project Room in Windhoek, Jo Rogge also facilitated a workshop for aspiring female artists at the gallery. Squeezing in a workshop …
South Africa: Rights Group Pledges Action After Limpopo Farm Murders – South African News Briefs – September 05, 2024
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Angola: Authorities Must Release TikToker Arbitrarily Detained for One Year
[AI London] Responding to the news that Angolan TikToker Ana da Silva Miguel, also known as Neth Nahara, has now spent one year behind bars for criticizing President João Lourenço in a TikTok video, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Dir…
Nigeria: World Day Against Trafficking – Oloture, Mvera, Other African Films Highlighting Modern-Day Slavery
[Premium Times] These films provide compelling narratives and crucial tools for educating and informing the public about human trafficking.
Ethiopia: My Interview With Hachalu Hundessa: ‘The Other Is a Divine Creation’
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Uganda: Ugandan TikToker Jailed for Videos Targeting President
[Daily Trust] A Ugandan TikToker was condemned Wednesday to six years in prison for spreading “misleading and malicious” information after he insulted President Yoweri Museveni, his wife, and their son.
South Africa: Ordinary White South Africans and Apartheid – Bound to a Racist System They Helped Prop Up
[The Conversation Africa] In South Africa, apartheid was a divisive political system entrenched by a white minority who regarded other ethnic groups as inferior, creating townships on the outskirts of cities to house the black population and legislatio…
Rwanda: Leaving a Legacy – Meet Offspring of Artistes Killed in Genocide
[New Times] A list compiled by the Association of Rwandan Musicians (LIRAM) in 2013, shows that at least 14 prominent musicians were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
Rwanda: A Look At Genocide in Rwandan Literature Over Past 30 Years
[New Times] The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda stands as one of the darkest chapters in human history, claiming over a million innocent lives in just 100 days.