Another female University student in Nigeria has been raped and killed by her attackers in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The 18-year-old student of the Federal College...
Nigeria’s military burned down villages and forcibly displaced hundreds of people in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the country’s northeast, rights group Amnesty...
Amnesty International has accused the United States of killing three civilians in an air strike in Somalia.
The international rights group said the U.S. failed...
International rights group, Amnesty International has closed it's local branch in Zimbabwe over fraud claims.
The rights group uncovered evidence of fraud, following an "extensive...
Cameroon’s government says it will launch a probe into allegations that its security forces executed civilians in the Far North of the country.
A video...
Four prisoners are reported dead following days of rioting in Ethiopian prison facilities.
Riots broke out in six Ethiopian prisons after the parliament passed a...
Amnesty International on Thursday condemned a draft bill in the Egyptian parliament that would criminalise homosexuality, in what the rights group called an “unprecedented homophobic crackdown”.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters have been "brutally tortured" by security forces in Cameroon, a rights group says.
Amnesty International said in a report that the...
A new report by Amnesty International highlights 2016 as an awful year for human rights, with war crimes committed across the world, refugees being scapegoated and global powers failing to rise to the challenge.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
