Human Rights and Human Rights Violations Archives - Page 2 of 6

Dennis Osadebe
October 15, 2025
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‘Promises Have Not Been Kept’: What’s Behind Africa’s Youth Protests

Protesters say their anger reflects a lack of economic opportunity on a continent with the world’s youngest population.

Dennis Osadebe
September 23, 2025
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Why African Countries Keep Making Deals to Accept U.S. Deportees

As the Trump administration exerts pressure on countries to aid in its mass deportation efforts, some nations in Africa have agreed, prompting legal battles.

Dennis Osadebe
September 19, 2025
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Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N.

As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor.

Dennis Osadebe
September 18, 2025
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West Africans Deported by the U.S. Sue Ghana for Rights Violations

Ghana said it was taking in 14 deported migrants to help its fellow Africans. But it sent three to their country of origin, including one who said he feared for…

Dennis Osadebe
August 22, 2025
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Tiébilé Dramé, Voice for Rights in Mali, Is Dead at 70

A former foreign minister, he founded an opposition political party and then served in the government as an unflagging negotiator with northern rebels.

Dennis Osadebe
August 22, 2025
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Congo Has Astronomical Rates of Sexual Violence. Now Victims Have Lost Access to Care.

The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that…

Dennis Osadebe
August 21, 2025
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Sonallah Ibrahim, Egyptian Novelist of Irony and Dissent, Dies at 88

Starting with “That Smell” in 1966, he wrote with stark power about themes of repression in the Egyptian police state.

Dennis Osadebe
August 13, 2025
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Human Rights Report Under Trump Blunts Language on Israel and El Salvador

A collection of U.S. reports on human rights offenses trimmed or omitted past language on violations in El Salvador, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Israel, all seen as partners…

Dennis Osadebe
August 6, 2025
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Sudan’s Civil War Shifts Toward Kordofan

Since the Sudanese Army drove its paramilitary rival from the capital in March, the two sides are battling for territorial gains in the Kordofan region.

Dennis Osadebe
July 14, 2025
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Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries

Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to “enforced disappearance.”