AFRICA

Tunisia’s demolished democracy: presidential crackdown intensifies

Mass trial delivers decades-long sentences

NORTHERN AFRICA

South Sudan’s potential path to civil war

Peace agreement breached amid broken democratic promises and renewed ethnic violence

CONFLICT | CRISIS

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

CONFLICT | CRISIS

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

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Human rights under fire in DRC conflict

Civil society targeted as Rwanda-backed rebel group advances

CONFLICT | CRISIS

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

CONFLICT | CRISIS

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

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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

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

CONFLICT | CRISIS