Locate ‘Disappeared’; Investigate Abusive Conscription; Hold Abusers to Account The Burkina Faso military junta is increasingly abducting civil society activists and political opponents as part… Read More »Burkina Faso: Abductions Used to Crack Down on Dissent
Parliament Should Amend Criminal Code, Protect Right to Life Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved a bill that, if passed by parliament, will abolish the death penalty.… Read More »Zimbabwe Considers Abolishing Death Penalty
Still No Justice for Ngarbuh Victims and Families On February 14, 2020, Cameroonian soldiers and armed ethnic Fulani raided Ngarbuh, a village in Cameroon’s North-West… Read More »Trial for Cameroon Village Massacre Drags On
Instruct Educators on Obligations, Improve Reproductive Health Services Pregnant or parenting adolescent girls and women drop out of school in Mozambique because they don’t get… Read More »Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Leave School
(Nairobi) – Senegal’s authorities should immediately open independent investigations into violence during protests on February 9 and 10, 2024, over delayed elections, Human Rights Watch… Read More »Senegal: Delayed Elections Spark Violence, Repression
Darfur Panel of Experts Report Clearly Points to Individual Responsibility for Atrocities The UN Security Council Panel of Experts of Sudan report on Darfur, which… Read More »UN Security Council Should Act Against Abusers in Sudan
Ensure Fundamental Freedoms, Rein in Security Forces and Restore Internet On February 3, Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced that presidential elections, slated for February 25,… Read More »Election Delay in Senegal Puts Rights at Risk
Authorities Should End Attacks on Press Freedom, Free Expression The interior minister of Niger’s decision this week to suspend the activities of Maison de la… Read More »Another Niger Media Organization Suspended
Action Will Prevent Citizens from Seeking Justice through ECOWAS Court On January 28, the three military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they… Read More »Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Quit Regional Bloc
Authorities Should Ensure Media’s Safety, Free Expression Rights A top investigative journalist in Malawi, Gregory Gondwe, has gone into hiding after the Malawi Defence Force… Read More »Malawi Military’s Threats Send Journalist into Hiding