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Mar
21
2024
By The African Mirror
Nigerian rights body ends probe into abortion allegations against military

Nigerian rights body ends probe into abortion allegations against military

NEWS
NIGERIA'S human rights commission said on Tuesday it had concluded hearings into an investigation of a Reuters report that the military ran a secret abortion programme in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the northeast. The Nigerian military has previously said that the report was not true. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which is appointed by the government, established a special panel in February 2023 to investigate the allegations and has been conducting hearings in the capital Abuja and in northeastern Borno state. NHRC said the hearings had ended, with Borno's attorney general and the military addressing the panel on Tuesday. The commission…
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Jul
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward

Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward

WORLD
AHMED RASHEED and MAHER AL-SAIH THE death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there. More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said. An investigation showed the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defence authorities said. It was Iraq's second such tragedy in three months, and the country's president on Tuesday blamed corruption for…
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Jan
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain

Saudis vowed to stop executing minors; some death sentences remain

WORLD
RAYA JALABI FIVE people who committed crimes in Saudi Arabia as minors have yet to have their death sentences revoked, according to two rights groups, nine months after the kingdom's Human Rights Commission (HRC) announced an end to capital punishment for juvenile offenders. The state-backed HRC in April cited a March royal decree by King Salman stipulating that individuals sentenced to death for crimes committed while minors will no longer face execution and would instead serve prison terms of up to 10 years in juvenile detention centers. The statement did not specify a timeline, but in October, in response to…
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