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Photo by scooterenglasias on pixabay.com Zimbabwe is facing a renewed and deeply concerning wave of repression , as authorities intensify violence and intimidation against political opponents and civil society actors resisting proposed constitutional changes. According to Human Rights Watch, this crackdown is closely linked to efforts by the ruling party, ZANU-PF, to extend the presidential term and consolidate power beyond current constitutional limits. At the center of the

Photo by @ aboodi vesakara n  on Unsplash.com   Senegal’s government is pushing for an anti-LGBT+ law harshening the framework of repressive measures for the LGBT+ community and its supporters. Senegal already criminalises sexual acts between individuals of the same sex under article 319 of the Penal Code, enshrining a prohibition of “acts against nature” . Over the years, conservatives and religious organisations in the country have been rallying for harsher punishments , an

Photo by Liz Martin  on unsplash.com S exual violence has become one of the most severe human rights violations linked to armed conflicts in Ethiopia. Over the past several years, wars and internal fighting in regions such as Oromia, Tigray, and Amhara  have exposed women and girls to rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of gender-based violence. Human rights organizations, journalists, and medical researchers have documented widespread abuses carried out by various armed ac

Photo by Chickenonline on pixabay.com On January 6, 2026, a drone attack occurred in Kokoloko, a village in western Niger, about 120 kilometres west of the capital, Niamey. Apparently, the attack was carried out by the Nigerien military to counteract the Islamic State in the Sahel (IS Sahel), an Islamist armed group which, according to the residents, has been active in the region for several years now. Three Islamist fighters were killed during the attack, which was conducted

Photo by Ahmad Shakir Shamsulbadri on pexels.com   2026 has barely begun, yet the United States has already carried out a deportation program that places asylum seekers and stateless persons into arbitrary detention in a third country. Under a secret arrangement  with Cameroon, seventeen individuals from nine African nations were removed from the United States despite court orders  protecting many from returning to their home countries. Upon arrival in Yaoundé, the Cameroonia

Photo by Timon Cornelissen on pexels.com   The battle over accountability for grave human rights abuses is not confined to conflict zones or authoritarian crackdowns. In The Gambia, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on a constitutional challenge to the 2015 Women’s (Amendment) Act , which criminalises female genital mutilation (FGM).  Female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia, typically performed on young girls withou

Photo by Lara Jameson on pexel.com On January 9, 2026, the civil war in Sudan marked its 1,000th day. Nearly three years of relentless violence have created what United Nation agencies describe as the world’s most severe humanitarian crisis.  While other global emergencies are dreadful, none match Sudan’s simultaneous levels of conflict, intensity, mass displacement, acute hunger, and systemic obstruction of aid. The conflict began in April 2023 when the Sudanese Armed Forces

Photo by consolersafari on Pixabay.com One month has passed since the Rwanda-backed  M23 group announced its withdrawal from the town of Uvira, Congo . The decision came after the U.S. administration heavily criticized the seizure of the town as a threat to the peace process brokered by Washington, which marked the latest escalation in the conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Located in the north of Lake Tanganyika, in the South Kivu, Uvira is a port

Photo by Freeman Goldstar on Pexels.com The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has placed Sudan at the top of its annual Emergency Watchlist for 2026 , meaning that the current crisis could further escalate rapidly. It’s the third year in a row that Sudan is assigned this position. The data collected by the IRC accurately explains why: 67% of the population (33.7 million people out of 50.4 million of the total population) is in humanitarian need; between October 2025 and J

Photo by JACLOU-DL on Pixabay.com The atrocities in Sudan have not ceased; as a matter of fact, the situation appears to be worsening. The ongoing conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke out in April 2023, spreading rapidly throughout the whole State, and causing one of the most devastating humanitarian crises happening worldwide. Indeed, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), at

Photo by RDNE Stock project on pexels.com   The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is now considered one of the most concerning active global issues. As the situation has deteriorated in recent months, international institutions such as the European Union (EU) have become increasingly involved in seeking solutions to ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid. Recently, the European Commission has invested in flights aimed at providing life-saving assistance to the western region of D

Photo by consolersafari on pixabay.com From the bombs that fell on city streets to the dusty roads of villages in Darfur and Kordofan, the war in Sudan has turned women’s bodies into battlegrounds. According to UN Women, there is mounting evidence that rape is being used “deliberately and systematically as a weapon of war.” In the besieged region of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, women fleeing bombardment, hunger and displacement recount terrifying stories of gang r

Photo by jorono on Pixabay.com Since late January, fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has intensified after the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group seized the strategic cities of Goma and Bukavu, sparking a wave of human rights abuses.   Amnesty International reports that M23 fighters have raided hospitals, abducting patients, including wounded soldiers and civilians, from their beds and subjecting them to torture.  The organization has documented cases of

Photo by Daniel Omolewa on Unsplash.com On September 25, 2025, the Netherlands and Uganda signed a Declaration of Intent,  representing yet another problematic case of the externalization of migration management .  Promoted by the extreme right-wing component of the Dutch political landscape (PVV) , this scheme delegates the most critical phase of the asylum procedure,  the coercive return of rejected international protection applicants, to a third State.  This raises complex

photo by AluminumAzalea  on pixabay.com Gend er diversity and various expressions of sexual orientations are documented throughout recorded human history,  in multiple cultures and civilisations  on every continent. In particular, within the African region, many peoples’ cultures understood gender and sexual orientation as something fluid, missing a binary approach to it.  However, this changed when European colonialism took over the continent: the international community, no

photo by Bako Harry Rakotondratompo o n pexels.com   Recent water and electricity shortages have sparked massive protests in Madagascar’s main cities. The prime minister and the rest of the government were dismissed , and the president reportedly fled the country consequently to Gen Z-led demonstrations. According to the United Nations (UN), since 25 September 2025 at least 22 people have been killed  by national security forces amid fights with protesters. Reporters stated t

photo by jusuf111 on pixabay.com For the first time, the United Nations (UN) has reported on violations committed by armed forces in...

photo by Safi Erneste on pexels.com The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the world’s most severe and underreported...

photo by Faruk Tokluoğlu on pexel.com Sudan is gripped by a bloody conflict that erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces...