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Tunisia’s demolished democracy: presidential crackdown intensifies

Mass trial delivers decades-long sentences
FREEDOMS
NORTHERN AFRICA
01.May.2025
ENFR

South Sudan’s potential path to civil war

Peace agreement breached amid broken democratic promises and renewed ethnic violence
CONFLICT | CRISIS
EAST AFRICA
23.Apr.2025
EN

‘The risk of a return to full-scale war is very high – it’s only a matter of time’

CONFLICT | CRISIS
EAST AFRICA
22.Apr.2025
EN

‘The recent attacks on activists echo apartheid-era repression, although this is supposedly a democracy’

FREEDOMS
SOUTHERN AFRICA
21.Apr.2025
EN

‘Political leadership may have changed, but the state still controls the narrative and excludes civil society’

DEMOCRACY
SOUTHERN AFRICA
11.Apr.2025
EN

Human rights under fire in DRC conflict

Civil society targeted as Rwanda-backed rebel group advances
CONFLICT | CRISIS
CENTRAL AFRICA
18.Mar.2025
ENFR

‘If the root causes of the conflict are not addressed, the cycle of violence is likely to persist’

CONFLICT | CRISIS
CENTRAL AFRICA
06.Mar.2025
EN

‘Legal rights must translate into real protections, and the fight for marriage equality must continue’

INCLUSION
SOUTHERN AFRICA
02.Mar.2025
EN

‘The Family Protection Bill threatens to escalate violence against LGBTQI+ people’

INCLUSION
EAST AFRICA
26.Feb.2025
EN

‘Civil society must be at the heart of any human rights protection system’

CONFLICT | CRISIS
CENTRAL AFRICA
22.Feb.2025
ENFR
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