Investigations Needed Into Indiscriminate Drone Strikes, Summary Killings Malian armed forces and Wagner Group foreign fighters unlawfully killed and summarily executed several dozen civilians in… Read More »Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians
Craig Wilkinson, CEO and Founder of Father A Nation “Countless human rights violations are rooted in toxic and wounded masculinity, its time to man-up and… Read More »Breaking The Cycle: Positive Masculinity Is Crucial To Ending GBV And Promoting Human Rights
Authorities Should Quash Stanis Bujakera’s Conviction This week, a court in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, convicted the prominent journalist Stanis Bujakera and sentenced him… Read More »Prominent Congolese Journalist Convicted on Baseless Charges
Dropped Charges Against Former Somali Region President Reinforces Impunity This week, Ethiopian authorities dropped all charges and released Abdi Mohamoud Omar, also known as “Abdi… Read More »Ethiopia Releases Ex-Politician Implicated in Heinous Crimes
Decision Threatens Civic Space, Reinforces State-Sponsored Homophobia Last week, in another blow to freedoms of association and expression in Uganda, a Ugandan court rejected a… Read More »Ugandan Appeals Court Shutters LGBT Rights Group
Solidifies Crackdown on Free Association, Expression Ahead of 2025 Vote A declaration by Cameroon’s territorial administration minister to make two opposition coalitions illegal is part… Read More »Cameroon: Government Bans Opposition Coalitions
Irregularities Risk Jeopardizing Anticorruption Efforts (Johannesburg) – The authorities in Seychelles should ensure that the prosecution of a former presidential adviser and other defendants in… Read More »Seychelles: Rights Concerns in High-Profile Case
Irregularities Risk Jeopardizing Anticorruption Efforts (Johannesburg) – The authorities in Seychelles should ensure that the prosecution of a former presidential adviser and other defendants in… Read More »Seychelles: Rights Concerns in High-Profile Case
On March 20, Italy will host a Group of Seven (G7) meeting on Africa. At a time when concerted global action to stem widespread abuses… Read More »No Business as Usual at Italy’s G7 Africa Meeting
Seek Victims’ Safe Release; Improve Protection for At-Risk Students, Communities Various armed groups have kidnapped hundreds of people, including 287 schoolchildren, across northern Nigeria in… Read More »Armed Groups Kidnap Hundreds Across Northern Nigeria