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Nigerias ratification of the landmark global Arms Trade Treaty this week is a welcome move that should pave the way for more African nations to get behind the treaty, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 15 Aug 2013

A major fire that forced Shell to close its Trans Niger Pipeline in southern Nigeria raises serious questions about the way the oil giant is operating, Amnesty International and the Nigerian National Coalition on Gas Flaring and Oil Spills (NACGOND) said. Posted: 26 Jun 2013

Amnesty International has received credible reports that the authorities in the state of Edo in southern Nigerian have hanged four men in Benin City Prison today - the first known executions in the country since 2006. Posted: 24 Jun 2013

Chinese mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to do more to prevent their operations from leading to human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today in a new report. Posted: 19 Jun 2013

Civilians are among dozens of people who have been tortured, killed and disappeared, including while in detention, since the launch of the French armys intervention in the country five months ago, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. Posted: 7 Jun 2013

The Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan should refuse to sign into law a draconian new bill that would formalise discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and cause serious damage to civil liberties in the country, ten Nigerian and international human rights groups said today. Posted: 5 Jun 2013

Civilians in the Central African Republic, including members of President Bozizs government still in the country, must be protected, Amnesty International said after rebels seized the capital, Bangui. Posted: 25 Mar 2013

New report criticises opposition leaders initial trial on day her appeal starts Posted: 25 Mar 2013

Reckless and illegal arms supplies from Europe, Africa and China to the warring parties in Ivory Coast (Cte d'Ivoire) over the past decade continue to fuel grave human rights abuses and violent crime in the country, Amnesty International said in a detailed report launched at the United Nations headquarters. Posted: 20 Mar 2013

The United States and Rwandan governments must move quickly to ensure the safe surrender of Congolese armed-group leader, Bosco Ntaganda, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 19 Mar 2013

Amid reports Bosco Ntaganda, leader of a notorious armed group the M23 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has handed himself over to the US Embassy in Rwanda, Amnesty International has experts available to discuss some of the allegations against him. Posted: 19 Mar 2013

Ivory Coasts new national army, which was set up by President Alassane Ouattara in the wake of the 2010 post-election violence, together with an armed militia of traditional hunters the Dozos are carrying out extrajudicial executions, deliberate and arbitrary killings, politically-motivated arrests and torture across Ivory Coast. Posted: 26 Feb 2013

Amnesty International has urged the Nigerian authorities to immediately stop the forced eviction of hundreds of residents in the region as hundreds of homes are being demolished in the Oke Ilu-Eri area of Badia East n Lagos. Posted: 25 Feb 2013

Amnesty International today revealed the shocking reality of the use of young boys as combatants in war-torn Mali. The findings, timed to coincide with the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, add further weight to Amnestys call for states to adopt a strong Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Posted: 11 Feb 2013

Hundreds of fatal police shootings which each year leave families anguished and bereaved are not being investigated effectively because of a failure of the Nigerian justice system, Amnesty International says in a report released today. Posted: 5 Feb 2013

The Malian army has committed serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law during the conflict against armed groups in the country, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, according to evidence gathered by Amnesty International during a ten-day research trip to the West African country. Posted: 1 Feb 2013

People in Cameroon are being subjected to a raft of abuses including unlawful killings and torture, as the authorities seek to use the criminal justice system to clamp down on political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists and as a weapon to attack lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. Posted: 24 Jan 2013

Todays announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will investigate crimes under international law committed in Mali over the past year is a crucial step towards justice for the victims, Amnesty International said today. Posted: 16 Jan 2013

All parties to the armed conflict in Mali must ensure civilians are protected, Amnesty International urged today as military attacks by French forces continued. Posted: 14 Jan 2013

The acquittal of two Cameroonian men jailed for "looking gay" because they wore womens clothes exposes the systematic discrimination against perceived homosexuals in the country, Amnesty International said today as the pair's convictions were overturned by an appeals court. Posted: 8 Jan 2013