For 74,000 years, one ancient killer quietly dictated where early humans could survive across Africa

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of ...
Human Rights Watch

Tanzania: multilateral engagement is key to preventing a further deterioration of the human rights situation and ensuring accountability for the post-election crackdown

Following the Tanzanian authorities’ brutal response to widespread pro­tests that took place in the aftermath of the 29 October 2025 presidential and legislative elections, and in light of the ongoing ...
Mercury News

Prince Harry’s African charity admits abuses of Indigenous people

African Parks, a nonprofit on which Prince Harry is a member of the board of directors, revealed Thursday that an internal investigation found that rangers at a Congolese national park it manages ...
The Conversation

South Africa hasn’t given individuals access to the African Court – this needs to be fixed

US President Donald Trump’s second term has brought South Africa’s domestic human rights record into stark international prominence. Based on misinformation, Trump’s anti-South African campaign ...
IFLScience on MSN

Continental rift could explain why so many early human fossils are found in East Africa

The crust beneath part of Kenya and Ethiopia is thinner than geologists thought, new measurements have found. That has ...
Human Rights WatchOpinion

Lack of Principled African Leadership, Action in Sudan

For three years, civilians in Sudan have borne the brunt of a conflict epitomized by widespread violations of human rights ...
University of Dayton

Human Rights Center program director named to African committee of experts

The Gambian government announced the election of University of Dayton research professor of law and UD Human Rights Center Director of Programs Satang Nabaneh to the African Committee of Experts ...
Crux

African Sister leads continental campaign against human trafficking ahead of St. Bakhita’s feast

Victims of human trafficking are detained in an office in Bamako, Mali on Nov. 17, 2025. (Credit: INTERPOL via AP.) Listen As the world prepares to commemorate the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita ...