FCO urges British nationals to leave Benghazi
25 January 2013FCO Travel Advice urges British nationals to leave Benghazi in response to specific threat to Westerners. LONDON, United-Kingdom, January 24, (…)
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Cameroon: End impunity for grave human rights violations
25 January 2013People in Cameroon are being subjected to a raft of abuses including unlawful killings and torture as the authorities seek to use the criminal (…)
Exactions by Malian military: urgent need for an independent investigation commission
25 January 2013FIDH is very alarmed by the increasing number of summary executions and other human rights violations committed by Malian soldiers in the context (…)
Somali authorities should immediately release a journalist and three others
25 January 2013Somalia: Free Journalist, Others Unlawfully Detained / Police Response to Sexual Violence Chills Media Freedom; Allegations of Rape Not Adequately (…)
Kenyan journalists attacked while covering Kibera clashes
25 January 2013Kenyan authorities must hold to account soldiers with the General Service Unit, Kenya’s paramilitary force, in connection with their reported (…)
Somali Journalists are concerned about the way the Detained Journalist’s case handled and Call for his Urgent Release
25 January 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is concerned about the continued detention of the Somali journalist in the CID detention for the (…)
Solidarity with the people of Mali
22 January 2013The Network of Journalists for Peace and Security in Africa (NetPeace) is deeply concerned by the current situation in Mali and would like to (…)
International efforts to tackle piracy given a boost
22 January 2013Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has today set out how the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s maritime security programme funds will be spent (…)
IFJ Condemns Brutal Murder of Somali Radio Journalist
22 January 2013The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the murder of Somali radio journalist Abdihared Osman Adan. According to the (…)
NUSOJ Condemns the Murder of the Somali Journalist, detained Journalist to appear in Court Next Week
22 January 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the murder of the Somali journalist on Friday Morning in the strongest terms possible (…)
NUSOJ Condemns Murder of Radio Journalist in Mogadishu
22 January 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the murder of a Radio journalist in Mogadishu. MOGADISHU, Somalia, January (…)
EU training mission in Mali established
18 January 2013The Council today established a Common Security and Defence Policy mission to support the training and reorganisation of the Malian Armed Forces. (…)