Slow Progress 23 Years After Landmark Abuja Declaration African governments are falling far short in their commitments to prioritize public spending on health care, contributing… Read More »African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding
AU Should Adopt Guidelines to Protect Rights of Pregnant, Parenting Girls Throughout 2024, the African Union will mark the “AU Year of Education.” The aim… Read More »Africa’s High Teenage Pregnancy Rate Demands Strong Response
Undertake Prompt, Independent Inquiry with AU, UN Assistance The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two… Read More »Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers
Government Should Abandon Cruel Scheme and Protect Asylum Seekers It is a dark day in the United Kingdom as the Safety of Rwanda Bill will… Read More »UK’s Harmful Rwanda Bill to Become Law
Government Official Touts Misinformation In an interview on the BBC’s Today Program this week, Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell sang the praises of Rwanda’s “remarkable… Read More »The UK Again Attempts to Bend Truth on Rwanda
Revise or Reject Bill Undermining Freedom of Media, Expression, Association Angola’s parliament should significantly revise or withdraw a proposed national security law that fails to… Read More »Angola: Proposed Security Law Threatens Rights
Reject Proposed Law That Would Reverse Critical Gains for Women’s, Girls’ Rights A bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a groundbreaking 2015 ban on… Read More »Gambia: Bill Threatens Female Genital Mutilation Ban
Civilian Casualties, Threat of Atrocities Mount Following Fighting in El Fasher Vicinity After a months-long, uneasy détente between Sudan’s two warring parties, hundreds of thousands… Read More »Civilians at Risk as Large-Scale Fighting Looms in Darfur
Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, Possible War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of… Read More »Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach
Action Undermines Fundamental Freedoms (Nairobi) – Mali’s transitional military government should immediately reverse its suspension of political parties and associations, Human Rights Watch said today.… Read More »Mali: Junta Suspends Political Parties, Associations