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Ebola, Human Rights and Poverty – Making the Links
Alicia Ely Yamin 23 October 2014 The catastrophic Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa offers many lessons, not least for global...
Nov 5, 20144 min read
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Africa: GDP Is Macho and Keeps Women Poor
By Alice Kanengoni, 22 May 2014 First published in Allafrica For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been used the world over as...
Jun 5, 20145 min read
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The Environment in Social Science and Humanities in Africa
James Murombedzi The environment is taking center stage in local, national and global discourse and policies. This increasing focus is...
Mar 5, 20146 min read
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Good Governance: Nigeria Ranks 41 Among 52 African Countries
The 2013 Good Governance Summit held in Dakar, Senegal, in collaboration with Mo Ibrahim Foundation has ranked Nigeria 41st among 52...
Nov 27, 20131 min read
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LAWYERS ALERT TRAINS 22 MONITORS TO DOCUMENT ECSR VIOLATIONS IN MABYION COMMUNITY
On the 16th November, 2013 Lawyer Alert trained 22 monitors to document reported cases of violation of economic rights of the Mbayion...
Nov 26, 20132 min read
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DEVELOPMENT PALLIATIVES AS SIGN OF CORRUPTION AND WEAK DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA.
A case for intense citizens budget monitoring and strict Evaluation. by Emeka Ononamadu I will like to state that neither Nigeria’s...
Nov 17, 20135 min read
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ROMMY MOM: A FIST AGAINST IMPUNITY.
In this piece towards the third annual International Day to End Impunity campaign launched by IFEX Global Network, ELVIS-WURA TOWOLAWI...
Nov 14, 20134 min read
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Nigerian human rights lawyer profiled in International Day to End Impunity campaign
The International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) today launched the start of its 2013 anti-impunity campaign ahead of the third...
Nov 8, 20133 min read
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NIGERIA’S GAY COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
By Rommy Mom, esq In 2009, when Nigeria’s External Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Madueke, stated before the Human Rights Council, HRC, of...
Oct 28, 20135 min read
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Iceland the best Country on Earth for Women Right now – Global Gender Inequality Index
The Global Gender Gap Report, published yesterday, found “definite if not universal improvements” in economic equality and political...
Oct 26, 20132 min read
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DANGOTE CEMENT AND MBAYION COMMUNITY: DOCUMENTATION OF ESCR VIOLATION AND CEMENT PRODUCTION
– Asan Gabin Bennedict Even before the take-over of the Benue Cement Company located in the Mbayion Community of Benue State by Dangote...
Oct 8, 20133 min read
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Groups Plan Freedom of Information Rally at Nigeria National Assembly on September 26
Scheduled for 10am at the premises of the National Assembly in Abuja, participating organizations in the rally include Enough is Enough...
Sep 25, 20132 min read
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Half a million children face malnutrition in forgotten crisis in northern Nigeria
By Misha Hussain DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) More than half a million children in northern Nigeria face severe malnutrition this...
Aug 3, 20134 min read
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Nigeria: Pastor Goes to Jail on Account of Same Sex Conduct
The Founder and General Overseer of a Pentecostal Church in Benin City, Nigeria, Pastor Phillip Ogbebor is an inmate at the federal...
Aug 3, 20132 min read
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Lawyers Alert’s Mandate Protection Project
An Over view: Most often, campaigns into offices in Nigeria and indeed Africa are usually not issue based and even when specific...
May 28, 20123 min read
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