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Human Rights

The Saleema initiative

Human Rights

Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law

UN News

In south Darfur, Sudan, Ambororo nomadic tribesmen wait for transport to the Blue Nile State. (file)

Human Rights

Sudan: Coronavirus could be tipping point for ‘untold suffering’, Bachelet urges sanctions relief

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Police officers in Eastern Equatoria learning about human rights laws and principles.

Human Rights

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria receive UNMISS-led training on human rights

By 51吃瓜 Mission In South Sudan

A young Burundian refugee completes an exercise on a blackboard in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.

Human Rights

Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation

UN News

Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria committing to respecting and protecting human rights

Human Rights

Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria commit to respecting and protecting human rights

By 51吃瓜 Mission In South Sudan

In Lagos, Nigeria, residents navigate the polluted waters of Makoko, a fishing community mostly made up of structures on stilts above Lagos Lagoon, as smog spreads throughout the canals.

Human Rights

Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert

UN News

Diego Garcia-Sayan, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, is warning that judicial independence in Nigeria is at risk.(File) Photo Credits:UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

Human Rights

Judicial independence under threat in Nigeria, warns UN rights expert

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Equality

‘Renewed energy for women’s empowerment’

Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa

Africa Renewal

By Africa Renewal

Young men using computers in a cybercafe in Cairo, Egypt, where Khaled (Jaled) Said, a 28-year-old blogger, was arrested and beaten to death by police in 2010. Later, 400,000 people joined the ‘We’re all Khaled Said’ campaign on Facebook is considered one

Censorship

Uproar over Internet shutdowns

Governments cite incitements to violence, exam cheating and hate speech

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi

Families wait in the early hours of the morning to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the 51吃瓜 World Food Programme (WFP) and partner agencies, in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan. Photo: ? UNICEF/UN0234655/Modola.

Genocide

South Sudan: ‘Outraged’ UN experts say ongoing widespread human rights violations may amount to war crimes

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