AFRICA

Nigeria’s election: same old, same old

Young people sure to keep looking for the change that didn’t come

Sudan: there’s no democracy without civil society

More questions than answers in latest transition plan

Eswatini: democracy a matter of life and death

Killing of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko the latest troubling development in absolute monarchy

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tanzania: an encouraging step forward for girls’ rights

African Union body orders government to lift ban on pregnant students, safeguarding education and reproductive rights

Civil society caught in the crossfire of Mali’s row with France

Military junta bans organisations that receive French funding as it moves ever closer to Russia

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Tunisia: dismantling democracy, one step at a time

Upcoming parliamentary election will be held under new rules designed to allow the president to continue to accumulate power

NORTHERN AFRICA

Ethiopia: will the ceasefire be followed by peace?

After two-year conflict, humanitarian aid is vital – and so is accountability for human rights violations

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Transnational justice: impunity under challenge

International trials offer hope to victims and survivors of atrocities in Liberia and the Central African Republic

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Zimbabwe: rights under further attack ahead of 2023 elections

President Mnangagwa seeking to prolong his stay in power by cracking down on dissent

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tunisia: a rare moment of LGBTQI+ visibility

Post-pandemic comeback of LGBTQI+ film festival offers hope in restrictive environment

NORTHERN AFRICA