Campaigners say sentence amounts to torture amid fears that country’s new regime is rolling back women’s rights A woman in Sudan has been sentenced to...
Exclusive: Politicians accuse China of organising a ‘Potemkin-style tour’ for Michelle Bachelet A group of 40 politicians from 18 countries have told the UN high...
Witnesses say police failed to disperse mob of fellow students in Sokoto who set victim on fire following WhatsApp comments A female student in Nigeria...
Osinachi Nwachukwu’s family and friends allege that she was a victim of domestic abuse On most Sunday mornings, the searing voice of Osinachi Nwachukwu, one...
Mubarak Bala’s case seen as part of a clampdown on critics of religious orthodoxy in a deeply conservative region A prominent Nigerian humanist has been...
Head of Catholic Church makes some of his strongest comments yet on violence against women Pope Francis has said that men who commit violence against...