Human Rights
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AfricaDespite pleas from lawmakers, Biden issues proclamation terminating AGOA trade agreement with Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali over human rights abuses and coups
Despite pleas from American lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday…
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AfricaU.S. ‘gravely concerned’ by alleged ‘mass detentions and killings’ of Tigrayans in western Tigray by Amhara security forces
The United States said on Friday that it "is gravely concerned by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, killings, and…
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AfricaAmhara security forces behind surge of ‘mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions’ of Tigrayans in western Tigray, warn Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch warned on Thursday that Amhara security forces were responsible for a surge of mass…
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AfricaKaren Bass calls on President Biden to extend Ethiopia’s AGOA termination deadline
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, on Wednesday, called on President Joseph…
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AfricaBiden administration condemns alleged ‘egregious human rights abuses’ and ‘atrocities’ committed by Tigrayan forces in Amhara and Afar regions
The Biden administration on Sunday afternoon condemned what it described as alleged "egregious human rights abuses" and "atrocities" committed by…
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AfricaHas President Biden failed in Ethiopia? Is he failing in Africa? – Perspective by Simon Ateba
In an interview with Alessandra Galloni of the Reuters NEXT Virtual Global Conference in Washington D.C. on December 3, 2021,…
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AfricaBlinken: Promoting and protecting human rights of LGBTQI+ persons is a foreign policy priority of Biden
message, asserting that"promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons is a foreign policy priority of this administration."
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AfricaReporter asks Blinken in Abuja ‘are you worried about widespread allegations of human rights abuses in Nigeria?’ ‘Does that change any of your decision to provide arms to Nigeria?
United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has concluded a two-day official visit to Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria,…
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BURUNDI
Biden revokes executive order that imposed sanctions on Burundi in 2015 over human rights abuses, asserts country making progress
U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday revoked an executive order that imposed sanctions on Burundi in 2015, asserting…
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Human RightsUnited Nations welcomes submission of EndSARS report
n Nigeria has welcomed the submission on Monday, November 15, 2021, of the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry…
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