Browsing: Human Rights

Miriam Makeba would have turned 93 today. An extraordinary musician and champion for human rights, her impact still reverberates around the world. Not only was she…

The UN has issued a warning about the worsening famine conditions in Sudan as the country’s war – fuelled by foreign intervention – rages on. UN…

Rwanda has expressed strong discontent over recent US sanctions imposed on State Minister James Kabarebe. The US accuses him of contributing to the Western-backed, three-decade-long war…

Is it a coincidence that the West favours some of Africa’s autocratic leaders? For example, take the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-97),…

Nairobi’s fast resembling a Hollywood spy-thriller movie location, with armed masked men bundling helpless victims into waiting cars that whisk them away to unknown places. It’s…

British-Iraqi rapper Lowkey, one of the most vocal supporters of Palestine, has used his online platforms to highlight the shocking scale of human suffering in Gaza…

Palestinians have been speaking on the true nature of Israel for decades. While rare, here is an Israeli voice, veteran journalist Gideon Levy, giving weight to…

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was assassinated by NATO-backed rebels on this day in 2011. Here’s a look at how his removal changed the country from an…

On 16 October 1968, an unforgettable moment unfolded at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. As the US national anthem played, two sprinters, Tommie Smith (centre)…

Today, with a fistful of soil in hand, we remember Wangari Maathai (1940-2011), who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 8 October 2004 for her…