Urgently Restore Access to Assistance; Protect Displaced People Rwandan forces and the abusive M23 armed group should urgently ensure access to and facilitate the delivery… Read More »Rwanda: Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Goma
Immediately Halt Ongoing Trials of Civilians; Review Past Convictions Uganda’s Supreme Court ruling declaring military trials of civilians unconstitutional is a victory for human rights,… Read More »Uganda: Supreme Court Bans Military Trials of Civilians
End Repeated, Arbitrary Harassment of Civil Society Organizations Ethiopian authorities have shut down two more prominent human rights organizations in recent weeks as part of their… Read More »Ethiopia: Key Rights Groups Suspended
I didn’t expect to find children, let alone toddlers, in a state-run institution for adults in Kano, northern Nigeria. One of the them was Aisha,… Read More »Nigeria: The Neglect and Death of a Young Woman in Nigeria
Carry out Effective Investigation, Hold Perpetrators Accountable Cameroon’s authorities should immediately conduct an effective, independent, transparent investigation into a death in police custody on January… Read More »Cameroon: Cries of Torture Precede Death in Custody
Humanitarian Situation Rapidly Deteriorating Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 armed group, supported by the Rwanda… Read More »DR Congo: Civilians at Risk as M23 Approaches Goma
Expedite Legal, Policy Reforms Recommended by African Child Rights Body Tanzania’s government has not adopted adequate legal and policy measures needed to protect pregnant girls… Read More »Tanzania: Protect Right to Education in Pregnancy, Parenthood
87 Miners Die in Abandoned Mineshaft Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein… Read More »Death of Miners in South Africa a Government Failure
Wartime Abuses Rampant with Little Accountability Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024,… Read More »Central Africa: Crackdowns on Democratic Space
Crackdowns on Dissent, Civic Space; Impunity for Abuse Civilians in East Africa and the Horn bore the brunt of armed conflicts between government forces and… Read More »East Africa, Horn: Civilian Suffering in Armed Conflict
