The powers and ability of the Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the deaths of 44 people near Lonmin’s Marikana mine in August must be clarified to ensure justice.

As conflict continues in Mali, civilians are on the receiving end of horrific abuses including amputations, sexual violence and extra-judicial executions.

The Gambian President's conditional moratorium on executions of death row prisoners leaves at least 38 people at great risk of execution.

Charges against two journalists detained after they applied for permission to hold a peaceful protest over the executions of nine death row inmates must be dropped by the Gambian authorities.

Mauritania should have surrendered Abdullah al-Senussi to the ICC instead of extraditing him to Libya.

The detention of a newspaper editor is a worrying signal that the Ethiopian government intends to carry on a crackdown on dissent

A judge must oversee any investigation into the deaths of 34 people after South African police opened fire on protesting miners at the Marikana mine complex.

Threats against human rights defenders and journalists are on the rise amid fighting in DR Congo's North Kivu province.

At least 10 people, many of them students, were killed when security forces opened fire during protests in Nyala.