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February 13, 2025 Dispatches

African Union Needs to Act Now on Eastern DR Congo

Heads of State Meeting Should Make Fact-Finding Mission Operational

People displaced by the fighting between the M23 armed group and Congolese government forces leave their camp after the M23 ordered their displacement, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 11, 2025.
February 13, 2025 News Release

Mali: AU Action Needed To End Crackdown on Opposition, Dissent

Enforced Disappearances, Politically Motivated Detention

Abdoulaye Maiga, Malian minister of territorial administration, speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
January 31, 2025 News Release

Egypt: UN Review Spotlights Key Rights Concerns

Meaningful Follow Up Needed to End Repression and Abuses

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January 29, 2025 Letter

Open Human Rights Watch Letter to the Candidates Vying for the Position of African Union Commission Chairperson

January 29, 2025 News Release

Ethiopia: Key Rights Groups Suspended

End Repeated, Arbitrary Harassment of Civil Society Organizations

Men in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 3, 2021.
January 27, 2025 News Release

Egypt: Declining Funding Undermines Education

Adequate Budgets Needed to Tackle Inadequate School Infrastructure, Teacher Shortages

An Egyptian teacher instructs students on the first day of the academic year at Orman school, in Cairo, Egypt, September 22, 2024.
January 23, 2025 News Release

Tanzania: Protect Right to Education in Pregnancy, Parenthood

Expedite Legal, Policy Reforms Recommended by African Child Rights Body

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January 22, 2025 News Release

Egypt: Rights Defender Charged with Terrorism

Escalating Crackdown on Critics

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December 10, 2024 Report

Sudan: War Crimes in South Kordofan

Civilians Killed, Towns Destroyed in Rapid Support Forces Attacks

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December 2, 2024 Report

Guinea: Rights at Risk as Promised Transition Derails

Crackdown on Opposition, Dissent, Media; Delayed Return to Constitutional Rule

Poster of Gen. Mamady Doumbouya in Conakry's streets, Guinea, September 2024
November 28, 2024 Commentary

Africa: Political Will Needed to End Violence Against Women and Girls in Africa

November 22, 2024 News Release

SADC: Denounce Security Force Violence in Mozambique

Investigate Excessive Use of Force during Post-Election Protests

Police deploy amid opposition protests in Maputo, Mozambique
November 13, 2024 Q & A

Addressing ‘Obstetric Violence’ in Africa

Abuse in Health Care System Amounts to Violence Against Women

A traditional birth attendant assists in delivering a woman’s baby in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, 2020.
October 28, 2024 News Release

Africa Summit: Address Rights Crises in DR Congo, Sudan

COMESA Should Work to Curb Atrocities, Protect Civilians, Promote Justice

Heads of state participate in the 22nd summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on June 8, 2023.
October 24, 2024 Dispatches

UN, African Union Should Take Bold Action to Protect Sudanese Civilians

Deployment of Mission to Protect Civilians Can’t Wait

Makeshift shelters for Sudanese refugees who have fled from Darfur, Sudan to Borota, Chad.

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