Gunmen on Sunday stormed the palace of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku, Obi (Prof.) Chukwuka Okonjo and abducted his 82-year-old wife, Prof. Kanene Okonjo who is also the mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The kidnappers numbering about 10 were said to have been lurking around the palace in Aniocha South Local Government Area Continue Reading...

press release FIDH is extremely concerned by the speeding up of the voting process of the “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” before Ugandan Parliament, as Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga recently promised that the draconian BiIl would pass by Year’s end as a “Christmas gift” to its backers. The “Anti-Homosexuality Bill”, aimed at putting into the national penal Continue Reading...

Some might say that there is a moral to every story, and the story of my life teaches that we can win our human rights. My commitment to social justice and peace was forged during my own confrontation with brutality against women and children, both during my childhood and again during Liberia’s long and horrifying Continue Reading...