AFRICA

Gabon and Togo offer renewed test of Commonwealth values

Two new members join the Commonwealth – despite repressing democracy and human rights

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

AFRICA

21.Jul.2022

EN FR

Migrants pay the deadly cost of Spain’s harsh approach

Full investigation needed into multiple deaths at attempted crossing of Morocco-Spanish border

INCLUSION

NORTHERN AFRICA

19.Jul.2022

EN ES FR

Tanzania: Maasai people resist forced evictions

Indigenous people face government plan to forcibly remove them for tourism development

INCLUSION

EAST AFRICA

13.Jul.2022

Sudan: military needs to make way for democracy

Small recent concessions granted by military government shouldn’t appease international community

DEMOCRACY

EAST AFRICA

27.Jun.2022

Somalia: drought and conflict a dual threat

Millions on the brink of starvation as Somalia experiences its worst drought in decades

CONFLICT | CRISIS

EAST AFRICA

22.Jun.2022

South Africa: the deadly impacts of climate change

Civil society responds to huge floods that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

SOUTHERN AFRICA

24.May.2022

Nigeria: students hope to go back to school

University students demand government reaches an agreement with striking teachers so classes can resume

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

WEST AFRICA

20.May.2022

Game not over: resistance against East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Victories of civil society campaign on financing sow doubts on project’s fate

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

EAST AFRICA

29.Apr.2022

Algeria: increasing repression belies promise of reform

Away from the international spotlight, country’s stable reputation depends on stifling dissent

Coup contagion spreads to Burkina Faso

Failure of governments to deliver is enabling military rule