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Moving testimonies rise high in Geneva at a conference on human rights violations in the Tindouf camps

The “Independent Commission for Human Rights” and “Africa Culture International” organized in Geneva on Wednesday September 22, a conference on “Violations of human rights in Tindouf Camps” on the sidelines of the ongoing 48th session of the Human Rights Council. Several international human rights activists and representatives of civil society took part in the conference […]

Nigeria: Two main opposition leaders challenge presidential election results, file court petition

Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders — Labor Party’s Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) — on Tuesday March21 filed court petitions seeking to invalidate results of last month’s disputed presidential election that was won by the ruling party. Both opposition leaders said in separate affidavits the election was fraught with irregularities […]

Repression intensifies in Tunisia as economic outlook worsens

Tunisia, under President Kais Saied, has backpedaled from democracy to autocracy in its abhorrent forms as the regime increasingly reconnects with its repressive past sending critics, opposition figures, and journalists to jail while surfing on a populist tide. After concentrating all powers in his firm grip, Saied is paving the way for his second term […]