AFRICA

‘De-escalation must be the primary objective’

Mengistu Assefa | ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

‘After being an example of democracy in Africa, we are increasingly tending towards authoritarianism’

Abdou Aziz Cissé | SENEGAL

‘Real or perceived repression has created a climate of self-censorship among people’

Nafissatou Maiga | MALI

‘Civil society is targeted by politicians who see it as an obstacle to their power’

Jonathan Magoma | DRC

‘Human rights activism can hardly be carried out openly anymore’

Carina Tertsakian | BURUNDI

‘The state must respect the freedoms of those calling for truth and justice on enforced disappearances’

Nassera Dutour | ALGERIA

NORTHERN AFRICA

‘We seek to cut the umbilical cord with the former colonial power’

Clément Kocou Gbedey | NIGER

‘Civil society aspires to a more democratic and rights-centred environment’

Rachid Aouine | ALGERIA

NORTHERN AFRICA

‘The government uses violence to dominate through fear’

Alfredo Okenve | EQUATORIAL GUINEA

‘LGBTQI+ people no longer need to live with the constant fear of being criminalised’

Najeeb Ahmad Fokeerbux | MAURITIUS