Quotes

‘The best way to recommit ourselves to a new path is to remember that past and not re-erase it.’

Nicholas Opiyo, a human rights lawyer in Kampala after a court ruling allowing Uganda to change its colonial names

 

‘It is important to note that we don't concern ourselves with non-Muslims.’

The deputy commander of the Hisbah in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, Mujahid Aminudeen, after 20 people were arrested for not fasting during Ramadan

 

‘All we can say is that today is a sad day for Nigerian women fighting for emancipation.' 

Women's rights activist Hadiza Ado after Nigerian senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended after lodging a sexual harassment claim

 

‘I had the authority to hear their cases and used my discretion to release them.' 

Maseru Senior Magistrate Peter Murenzi who has been suspended for allegedly granting dubious bail to suspects