AFRICA

ALGERIA: ‘People no longer believe voting can change anything’

NORTHERN AFRICA

Burkina Faso: democracy cancelled

Junta leader intensifies crackdown and rejects international accountability

NIGERIA: ‘Civic action is happening at scale, even when it doesn’t make headlines’

BOTSWANA: ‘For trans people, true equality requires moving beyond decriminalisation’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

KENYA: ‘These days it feels like everyone is an activist’

DJIBOUTI: ‘Silence is the mechanism that makes authoritarianism possible’

SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Xenophobia has become a get-out-of-jail-free card for elites who have failed’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Tunisia’s demolition of civic space

Heavy prison sentences and suspensions of civil society groups mark the accelerating consolidation of presidential power

NORTHERN AFRICA

GHANA: ‘This is bigger than LGBTQI+ rights – it’s about the kind of society we want to be’

SENEGAL: ‘The new law criminalises not only LGBTQI+ people but also anyone offering support’