Nigeria

Nigerian writer AmosTutola’s quote is certainly true for sexual minorities, still beingoppressed by decades-old colonial laws.…

Nigeria has a long and proud list of courageous activists,who should not be forgotten.…

Oil giant gains legal victory but remains beset by claimsof human rights abuses …

Moving to militancy…

Accused of ‘sponsoring a guerilla news agency’, Nigerian Blogger,Jonathan Elendu, has been arrested and illegally detained by theominously named Nigerian SSS.…

Hundreds of Nigerian prisoners are being held on death row many of whom have been tortured or whose trials were not conducted properly according to a new report by Amnesty International…

Just over two years ago the Spanish government – desperate to stopmigrant workers from crossing into Spain from the Sahara – came to anagreement with the Senegalese government to deploy their coast guard.They also agreed to set up a school for youths in the hope that wouldstop them from selling DVDs and umbrellas in Granada and Barcelona…

Nigeria’s Bauchi State is acting as a “dating agency” by arranging for HIV+ people to meet each other with the aim of getting married and reducing the spread of HIV…

So Shell's finally been given its marching orders by the Nigerian Government, after many bloody years of pollution, repression and conflict with local communities…

What kind of person wakes up and says: Right, Im going to make some money by selling a person today? Apparently its often a parent or trusted friend; someone known to the victim…