Burkina Faso’s military government has been placed on Civicus’s 2026 watchlist amid what the human rights group calls a rapid and severe assault on civil society, political opposition and independent expression. Civicus…
Human Rights Watch says the muted response from UN member states to Tunisia’s deepening rights crisis amounts to a “free…
Botswana has scrapped the sections of its penal code that outlawed same-sex relations, a decisive move that cements one of…
In a bold move, Burkina Faso’s media authority has put a halt to operations of the French news outlet TV5Monde,…
Thursday April 23, 2026 Garowe (AX) — Puntland State has moved to tighten its grip on the region’s coastline, announcing…
The military government has escalated its crackdown on civil society, recently dissolving 118 organizations, with many focusing on human rights…
By Manuel NtoyaiWednesday April 8, 2026 A sweeping security raid in Nairobi has uncovered what investigators suspect is a dangerous…
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s opposition-aligned Somali Future Council on Wednesday condemned what it described as the use of force against Bajaj…
Belgium’s prime minister vowed to combat antisemitism after a pre-dawn explosion damaged a synagogue in the eastern city of Liege…
Angola’s New NGO Law Raises Alarms Over Civil Liberties President João Lourenço has signed into law new legislation regulating the…
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s federal government says al-Shabab is facing mounting financial strain after a string of operations that killed…
