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Congo-Brazzaville has been led for almost 37 years by Denis Sassou-Nguesso, who is seeking a new presidential mandate tomorrow, Sunday 21 March. He will face six other candidates, including two former ministers, Mathias Dzon and Brice Parfait Kolélas. On the eve of this presidential election, FIDH and its Congolese partner, OCHD, say they are "deeply" concerned about the "deterioration of the democratic…

In Uganda, strong mobilization on social networks after the arrest on Tuesday of lawyer and human rights activist Nicholas Opiyo, as well as four other lawyers, all suspected of money laundering. The five men remain in police custody and many human rights defenders demand their release. with our correspondent in Kampala, Lucie…

The National Human Rights Commission was able to visit secret prisons in Chad, the existence of which was condemned a few weeks ago by a human rights organization. as reported from N'Djamena, Madjiasra NakoThe mission of the National Human Rights Commission indicates that he has visited two prisons of the National Security…

In a report printed on Wednesday, the NGO's Human Proper Watch condemns the extent of violence after the election in Côte d'Ivoire and asks the authorities to analyze the deaths of about 50 individuals. In accordance with HRW, at the least 50 individuals have misplaced their lives in gatherings and / or violence. HRW analyzes…

The African Court docket of Human Rights and Peoples' Rights has been seized by a Beninese citizen whose identify has not been revealed on Friday, a really important verdict for the authorities in Porto Novo, provided that the structure revised by Parliament in November 2019 ought to be repealed. ACHPR accuses the authorities of getting "violated the beliefs of the 1990 structure" and orders a return to…

According to the UNHCR, more than 620,000 Central Africans are refugees, especially in neighboring countries (Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo). Returns are made regularly. This week, two convoys of volunteer returns were organized. And these returning confidence in their desire to exercise their civil rights. as…

The Chadian Convention for the Protection of Human Rights has been investigating for years the existence of "secret prisons" of the National Security Agency (ANS). The organization claims to have already discovered ten of these houses. Most recently, a most banal house located in the 2nd arrondissement on the road to Farcha, opposite a large ministry (public works and infrastructure). CTDDH condemns a…

In an announcement launched on October 12, UN human rights consultants known as on Cameroon to launch opponent Maurice Kamto, the chief of the MRC, whose residence is surrounded by police and gendarmerie, and other people arrested throughout the September 22 demonstrations. In an announcement learn by the Minister of Communications and authorities spokesman René Emmanuel Sadi, the Cameroonian authorities imagine that March 22 was not "peaceable". .