IN FOCUS

‘People should be able to access abortions locally without the risk of criminalisation or stigmatisation’

Tanzania: an encouraging step forward for girls’ rights

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

‘Open-source monitoring reveals both the clampdown on women’s rights and the impact on their lives’

‘The new Criminal Code spells danger for civil society’

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

‘Outstanding issues on the binding treaty on business and human rights are mainly political’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

China: pandemic protests force a rare retreat

Authoritarian state gives into protest pressure by dropping its ‘zero covid’ policy

‘The world seems to be starting to forget Syrian refugees’

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

A ‘New Kazakhstan’, or more of the same?

President positions as a reformer – but his latest implausible landslide election win is straight out of the old playbook