Human Rights Abuses
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SA’s arms exports to UAE, a state accused of violating Genocide Convention
In 2023, South Africa sold nearly R88 million worth of arms to the United Arab Emirates, to support a paramilitary group in Sudan
Clean energy minerals: Tanzania’s dark side to ‘a new dawn’
Tanzania is banking on its natural resources during the global transition to clean energy, but analysts warn there are dangers ahead
SA sport faces tough questions after Israel rugby debacle
Sport can be a powerful force for good but in the wrong hands it can also be used help normalise hatred
Petro states: What happens when 30% of your national budget disappears in a decade?
As the demand for oil shrinks and prices collapse, Africa’s petro states — the likes of Angola, Nigeria, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea — will be left with massive holes in their…
UN security council needs A3’s leadership on African crises
International intervention needed in Tigray region of Ethiopia and Anglophone areas of Cameroon
Why jewellers need to vet their global supply chains
Consumers must know whether the gold and diamonds they treasure have been tainted by human rights abuses
Populism faces test in Uganda and Kenya
Bobi Wine and William Ruto set out to upend the political status quo in their respective countries
Abandoned by their employers, Ethiopian domestic workers are left stranded in Beirut
Kicked out of Lebanese homes and denied entry into the Ethiopian consulate, Beirut’s Ethiopian house helpers are being abandoned on the streets
The controversial Strandfontein shelter shows the importance of monitoring womxn’s rights during a crisis
Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an…
My hardest story: Reporting on being queer in Tunisia
Reporting on queer issues is always tough. But Tunisia was something else
Killer’s life sentence gives family ‘a little peace’
The man who beat Danel Rooskrans to death is behind bars, but that doesn’t change the pain and rage her loved ones are left with.
South Africa needs to take a position on the plight of the Turks under Erdoğan
The country’s media and NGOs can also play a role in restoring human rights in Turkey
Amnesty: Booking agents profit from war crimes
Online tourism companies are adding to human rights’ violations by advertising attractions on illegally occupied land
The killing of people with albinism is driven by myth and international inaction
An upcoming UN meeting on witchcraft and human rights is to focus on the rising attacks on Albinos and the trade of body parts in sub-Saharan African
Doublespeak in country of the abused
The Gambia’s justice minister is to talk about human rights at the Pan-African Parliament.