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July 11, 2024 Dispatches

‘Dark Day’ in Malawi for Rights of LGBT People

Constitutional Court Upholds Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct

A young transgender woman at a friend’s house seeking temporary shelter in Lilongwe, Malawi.
July 10, 2024 News Release

Zimbabwe: Army Commander Threatens Election Integrity

Bar Security Force Engagement in Partisan Politics

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (3rd R) inspects the guard of honor at the country's 43rd Independence Day celebrations held in Mount Darwin, Mashonaland Central province, on April 18, 2023.
July 10, 2024 News Release

Burkina Faso: Journalist, Junta Critics Feared Disappeared

Authorities Should Urgently Locate the Missing; African Commission Should Speak Out

Serge Oulon signing his books in Ouagadougou.
July 10, 2024 Dispatches

Refugees in Eastern Sudan at Risk

International Organizations Should Act to Provide Safe Evacuation Options

Umm Rakouba refugee camp, hosting people who fled the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in Qadarif, eastern Sudan, December 14, 2020.
July 8, 2024 Commentary

We Need to Reclaim Pan-Africanism Through Love—for Everyone

© 2016 Pride Afrique
July 8, 2024 News Release

Zimbabwe: SADC Should Respond to Intensified Crackdown on Opponents

Respect Freedoms of Assembly and Association, End Repression of Critics

Opposition supporters protest outside a court, in Harare, Zimbabwe
July 4, 2024 News Release

South Sudan: Damaging Security Law Revisions Adopted

President Kiir Should Reject Law and Limit Broad, Unqualified Powers

An illustration of an eye with a captive man kneeling down in the iris
July 4, 2024 Dispatches

African Union Conference Addresses Pregnant and Parenting Students

Need to Adopt Human Rights-Focused Framework

A secondary school student who is pregnant holds a doll inside her home in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya on September 30, 2020. (
July 3, 2024 Dispatches

Artist Rearrested in Cameroon

Worrying Sign for Freedom of Expression ahead of 2025 Elections

Aboubacar Siddiki Babadji, known as Babadjo.
July 3, 2024 News Release

Ethiopia: Army Attacks Health Care in Amhara Conflict

Protect Medical Workers, Patients; Hold Forces Responsible Accountable

A sign that reads "Emergency Room" in a hospital
July 2, 2024 News Release

Central African Republic: Step Toward Accountability

Special Criminal Court Arrests Former Armed Group Leader

 People stand by a Muslim store that was looted by anti-balaka fighters in Guen, Central African Republic, April 15, 2014.
July 2, 2024 Dispatches

UN Should Ensure Continued Scrutiny of Rights Crisis in Eritrea

Council Should Extend Mandate for Special Rapporteur

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, during the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2024.
July 2, 2024 Dispatches

South Sudan’s Authorities Show Their Aversion to Criticism Yet Again

Release Detained Journalist, Allow Free Speech, Peaceful Protests

Aleu Anyieth (left) and Bol Deng Bol (right).
June 28, 2024 News Release

Kenya: Witnesses Describe Police Killing Protesters

Respect Right to Protest; Investigate Apparent use of Excessive Force

A protester holds a Kenyan flag during the nationwide demonstration against proposed legislation which would increase taxes across the country's economy.
June 27, 2024 Dispatches

Conflict in Northern Mozambique Puts Education at Risk

New Report Shows Fewer Attacks, but Increasing Military Use of Schools

The Pulo Primary School after an insurgent attack on the village of Pulo, in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, March 6, 2024.

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