Monthly Archives: November 2019

Albino nine-year-old ‘decapitated’ in Malawi as shoot-to-kill policy fails to prevent ritual killings

Malawi’s Inspector General of police authorised his officers to shoot on sight to protect albino people Saturday 5 March 2016 17:11  Two albino people have been murdered in Malawi since the beginning of the year, while five more have been abducted. As the severed head of a nine-year-old victim was discovered 20km from his home, Amnesty International called on the Malawian… Read more »

US removes Cameroon from trade pact over alleged ‘persistent’ human rights violations

By Daniel Ekonde and Bukola Adebayo, CNN Updated 12:47 PM ET, Fri November 1, 2019 US President Donald Trump and Cameroon President Paul Biya Yaounde, Cameroon (CNN)The US is cutting Cameroon from a trade pact over allegations of human rights violations.President Donald Trump said the West African nation failed to address concerns over its “persistent gross violations of internationally recognized… Read more »

Nigeria’s ‘torture houses’ masquerading as Koranic schools

The private Islamic boarding school in Daura, northern Nigeria, was not somewhere you would want a child to stay for more than a few minutes, let alone months or years. The Koranic and Rehabilitation Centre was one of series of institutions raided over the past month where parents have been sending troublesome children and young men who may be addicted… Read more »

Ethiopia violence: Facebook to blame, says runner Gebrselassie

Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie has told the BBC that fake news shared on Facebook was behind violence in which 78 people died. Trouble was sparked when an influential activist from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed said the authorities were endangering his life by removing his bodyguards. The violence had ethnic and religious elements, the government said. Gebrselassie said… Read more »