NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

The two senior officers were transferred on Tuesday morning in a surprise move following Inspector General Douglas Kanja's directive last week.

Anami Daudi of Mukuru Social Justice Centre suggested that the killings should be declared as a national disaster.

Amnesty said on Saturday that if they were deported they could face serious human rights violations, which underscored "growing concerns about the saf...

The suspects will be bearing consequences for failing to exercise command responsibility to prevent their juniors from committing atrocities on civili...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has taken some steps to ease restrictions on the media and opposition since coming to power in 2021, but rights groups s...

"I have slept with a knife under my pillow for months in fear of the raids that lead to rape by RSF," a 20-year-old woman living in an RSF-controlled...

Activists are demanding President Ruto's resignation amid allegations that intelligence services are responsible for the abduction of dozens of indivi...

Amnesty stressed the need for the National Police Service (NPS) and the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to strictly operate within the confines of the law...

Kenyan law requires officers to be in uniform, publicly show their names and service numbers, and be transported in cars with licence plates.

The war that erupted in April last year between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's biggest displaceme...

The organisations accused the police of acting in blatant disregard to the legal provisions of the right to protest.

The report, which was anticipated to address whether Israel's actions violated international law, fell short of conclusive judgment, prompting critici...

Sarah Jackson, Amnesty's deputy regional director for East and Southern Africa, noted that the shutdown threatens services in the region, especially a...

Part of this is contained in its newly launched (2024-2028) strategic plan that seeks to entrench more of its activities at the grassroots in its push...

He said there exists non-visible cases which have been ignored by human rights organisations which are hurting the society.

According to the agency, the soldiers also assaulted and threatened health workers at gunpoint at a health centre.

The United States-based Center for Civilians in Conflict on Tuesday denounced the use of heavy artillery and mortar shells against civilian installati...

The body will join other women’s activists across the country in a march to denounce femicide.

Amnesty International has called on the Government to respect the recent High Court decision blocking the deployment of Kenyan police officers to Hait...