AFRICA

Cloud lingers over Sierra Leone’s election

Transparency urgently needed to dispel doubts

‘The new NGO Law is just a way of legalising the government’s arrogance and excesses’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘Civil society plays a crucial role in ensuring free and fair elections’

‘We are worried that COP28’s host country, the United Arab Emirates, restricts civil society’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Political momentum at COP28 should translate into adequately funded collective action’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Shrinking civic space means affected communities are not able to make their voices count’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Communities must benefit from what comes from their land’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Sudan’s crisis spills into conflict

Battle between two military factions shows they were never serious about democratic transition

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Commonwealth Africa: LGBTQI+ rights under attack

Anti-rights reaction in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda seeks to erase LGBTQI+ people

‘We have concerns about state functions being used to dictate and define morality’