Amnesty International USA is the US Section of Amnesty International, a worldwide human rights organization. http://www.amnestyusa.org/rss/en/news/africa.xml en Amnesty International Amnesty International hourly 4 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811188246&lang=e&rss=africa Over forty organizations active in Africa warn that the situation in the eastern DRC is at risk of turning into a humanitarian catastrophe, as the civilian death toll continues to rise. 2008-11-18T00:00:00-05:00 countries=republic_of_congo http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811178150&lang=e&rss=africa Widespread human rights violations were committed during northern Uganda's 20-year conflict between the Government of Uganda's (GoU) armed forces and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). 2008-11-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=uganda http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811178219&lang=e&rss=africa The Israeli army allowed a limited number of trucks carrying humanitarian assistance into Gaza for the first time in two weeks on Monday. 2008-11-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=palestinian_authority http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811148145&lang=e&rss=africa The Israeli army has completely blocked the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian aid and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip for more than a week. 2008-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=palestinian_authority http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811128085&lang=e&rss=africa The Marrakesh Court of Appeals in Morocco has upheld a lower court's guilty verdict against an 18-year-old student for insulting the King. 2008-11-12T00:00:00-05:00 countries=morocco_and_western_sahara http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811118061&lang=e&rss=africa More than 250,000 people have so far fled the ongoing violence, bringing the total number of displaced people in the province to at least 1.2 million. 2008-11-11T00:00:00-05:00 countries=dr_congo http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811067998&lang=e&rss=africa At least 40 humanitarian and human rights workers have been killed so far this year, forcing aid organizations to suspend their programmes and withdraw staff. 2008-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=mali,somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811068009&lang=e&rss=africa The leaders of Zimbabwean activist movement, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, have been released on bail after three weeks in detention. 2008-11-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200811057983&lang=e&rss=africa A spate of Israeli and Palestinian attacks and counter-attacks in the past 24 hours could spell the end of the five-and-a-half-month truce. 2008-11-05T00:00:00-05:00 countries=israel_and_occupied_territories http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810317924&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International's new report graphically demonstrates the ongoing suffering of the Zimbabwean people, as the three main political parties struggle to form an inclusive government. 2008-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810317931&lang=e&rss=africa A Cairo Administrative Court has rescinded the government?s decision to dissolve the Association for Human rights and Legal Aid. 2008-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 countries=egypt http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810307891&lang=e&rss=africa Tens of thousands of women migrant domestic workers in Jordan face isolation, exploitation and abuse, with little or no protection from the state. 2008-10-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=jordan http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810307893&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International called on the United Nations Security Council today to send immediate reinforcements to the peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to avert a human catastrophe, as civilians flee fighting in the region, Amnesty International said today. 2008-10-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=dr_congo http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR520182008&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International condemns a series of suicide bomb attacks carried out mid-morning on Wednesday 29 October in Hargeisa, Somaliland and Bossaso, Puntland 2008-10-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810307900&lang=e&rss=africa Twelve members of the opposition coalition the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change are convicted of "weakening national sentiment. 2008-10-30T00:00:00-05:00 countries=syria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810287861&lang=e&rss=africa The leaders of the activist organisation Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, were denied bail on Monday following their arrest on 16 October 2008. 2008-10-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR460302008&lang=e&rss=africa The Zimbabwe Police released from police custody at least 40 women who were arbitrarily arrested on 27 October during a peaceful protest outside the venue of a meeting between the country's top leaders and their Southern African counterparts 2008-10-28T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810227804&lang=e&rss=africa The detention of two activists from the Women of Zimbabwe Arise has been extended until Friday. 2008-10-22T00:00:00-05:00 countries=zimbabwe http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810217781&lang=e&rss=africa Hundreds of people on death row did not have a fair trial and may be innocent. Amnesty International's new report calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty. 2008-10-21T00:00:00-05:00 countries=nigeria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810177736&lang=e&rss=africa This year's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is a call to everyone, from policy makers to the public, to recognise the rights and dignity of people living in poverty. 2008-10-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=kenya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810177748&lang=e&rss=africa Iran has instructed all courts to stop issuing death sentences against juvenile offenders. However, it is not clear if the directive includes those convicted of murder. 2008-10-17T00:00:00-05:00 countries=iran http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810167735&lang=e&rss=africa Chile's Supreme Court jailed five retired military officials on Wednesday for involvement in the "Caravan of Death" ? one of the cases for which Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest ten years ago. 2008-10-16T00:00:00-05:00 countries=belgium,chile,france,germany,rwanda,senegal http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810147700&lang=e&rss=africa The government of Saudi Arabia executes an average of more than two people a week - almost half are foreign nationals from poor and developing countries. 2008-10-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=saudi_arabia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGAFR250092008&lang=e&rss=africa Amnesty International today called on Ethiopia's Parliament to reject the proposed new Charities and Societies Proclamation when it is tabled for debate in the next few weeks 2008-10-14T00:00:00-05:00 countries=ethiopia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810107677&lang=e&rss=africa Arrested for trying to organize a peaceful demonstration critical of the Libyan government, Idriss Boufayed has been released on humanitarian grounds, after being diagnosed with lung cancer. 2008-10-10T00:00:00-05:00 countries=libya http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810087648&lang=e&rss=africa Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pardoned Ibrahim Eissa, who was charged with publishing information considered "damaging to the public interest and Egypt's national stability." 2008-10-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=egypt http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810087649&lang=e&rss=africa Twelve people are charged with "weakening national sentiment" for attending a meeting of the Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change. 2008-10-08T00:00:00-05:00 countries=syria http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200810066100&lang=e&rss=africa The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and human rights organizations. 2008-10-06T00:00:00-05:00 countries=angola http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200809296058&lang=e&rss=africa Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women and children in the conflict. 2008-09-29T00:00:00-05:00 countries=dr_congo http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20080923001&lang=e&rss=africa (New York)- Human rights activists with Amnesty International USA will demonstrate outside the United Nations on Thursday evening, September 25, to press the UN Security Council to reject the efforts of some countries to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes committed in the Darfur region of Sudan. 2008-09-23T00:00:00-05:00 countries=sudan