Egypt Hunger Strike Over Prison Cruelty
About 130 inmates at a prison in Egypt's capital, Cairo, have been on hunger strike for more than six weeks to protest against inhumane conditions and the denial of family visits, rights group Amnesty...
South African Pupils Die of Suspected Food Poisoning
Three pupils have died of suspected food poisoning at a school in South Africa’s eastern province of Mpumalanga, officials say.
According to South Africa’s Soweten newspaper, after students at Nelson Ngobeni Primary School complained about...
Cameroon Separatists Go on Hunger Strike
Detained leaders of Cameroon's Anglophone separatist movement have begun an indefinite hunger strike.
They say they are concerned over the whereabouts of around 200 of their comrades after riots in two separate prisons last week.
The...
