The world’s first conference on the abolition of torture drew more than 300 delegates representing over 70 countries and international organizations. It...

Governments around the world use surveillance technology to monitor external threats to national security. Some African governments are also spending...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Nigeria has revealed that over 1,000 Nigerians are stranded in the United Kingdom...

Close to 8,000 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Kenya risk closure for failing to remit their financial statements to the government. During the...

Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an...

A metropolitan archbishop has become the first prelate to issue guidance to his flock on the Vatican’s declaration allowing same-sex...

Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that...

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that 53,836 inmates in the 253 correctional centres across the country were awaiting...

Glynn Simmons is US’s longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of crime

CPJ is deeply saddened by the killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic camera operator Samer Abu Daqqa and the injuries suffered by...