KENYANS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY OVER BATUK ALLEGATIONS

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Victims and community representatives affected by the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) marched to Parliament in Nairobi on Wednesday, demanding accountability over alleged abuses.

Protesters marched with placards before submitting a petition, as security officers monitored the demonstration.

GHANA DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR SOUTH AFRICA KILLINGS

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Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa demanded arrests and prosecutions over the killings of two Ghanaian nationals in South Africa as a flight in the latest phase of a voluntary repatriation operation landed in Accra on Monday.

||KHARAS GOVERNOR WARNS OF BARRIERS TO ACCESSING JUSTICE

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Bureaucratic delays, lack of coordination, poor organisation and institutional silos often deny citizens access to justice.

These were the remarks of the ||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze at the opening of the three-day human rights workshop held at Keetmanshoop.

NIGERIANS RETURN FROM SOUTH AFRICA AMID EVACUATION FLIGHTS

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Hundreds of Nigerians returned to Lagos from South Africa on Tuesday on a government-backed evacuation flight, as anti-immigration protests demanding that foreign workers leave continue in parts of the country.

FOCCISA CONDEMNS RISING XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA

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The Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa (FOCCISA) has condemned the rise in xenophobic attacks, hate crimes and speech targeting migrants in South Africa.

SADC DEMANDS RELEASE OF MADAGASCAR POLITICAL PRISONERS

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has demanded the immediate release of political prisoners in Madagascar and an end to the arrest of opposition leaders and members of Generation Z (Gen-Z) as regional leaders push for a return to constitutional rule.

CALL FOR CALM AHEAD OF SA PROTEST

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Human rights activist Uhuru Dempers has appealed for calm and restraint ahead of the planned anti-foreign protest in South Africa.

Dempers made the appeal in an interview with NBC News.

NCS PRIORITISES INMATE PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING

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The Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) ensures the psychosocial well-being of its inmates irrespective of the crime committed.

NCS Assistant Commissioner Fiina Engelbrecht says the institution's facilities have different programmes in place to assist all inmates.

IIPINGE CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST ALBINISM STIGMA

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Oshana Governor Hofni Iipinge has urged Namibians to move beyond awareness and take deliberate action to protect and empower persons with albinism.
 
Iipinge was speaking at the commemoration of National Albinism Awareness Day at Oshakati.