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By Enyichukwu Enemanna At least 80 political prisoners were freed Sunday in Venezuela, where detainees are slowly being released under pressure from the United States, the non-governmental organisation Foro Penal said. The group’s director, Alfredo Romero,...

By Ebi Kesiena The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed grave concern over reports that a senior military commander urged troops to attack civilians in Jonglei State. In a statement issued on Sunday,...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Federal agents on Saturday morning shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, sparking demonstrations less than three weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Good and amid...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  The wife of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been hospitalised in Kampala after what she described as a violent overnight raid on her home by soldiers searching for her husband. Barbra...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has again rejected efforts by Israeli authorities to transfer Palestinians out of their ancestral territories in the Gaza Strip, warning that it could trigger a wave of refugees across...

By Ebi Kesiena The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed grave concerns over what he described as the increasing dehumanisation of migrants in the United States, warning that current immigration enforcement...