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May 23
Sudan: MSF Facilities Looted, Medical Activities Impeded By Violence in Sudan [press release]
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unacceptable harassment of our staff and the violent looting and occupation of our medical premises and supported… Read more »
May 22
Cameroon: Aid Groups in Cameroon Urge Women With Obstetric Fistula to Seek Medical Treatment
VOA
As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern… Read more »
Liberia: CSO Council Gears up for 2023 General Assembly in Region One
FrontPageAfrica
In consonance of its constitutional provision, the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL) will hold an annual General Assembly (GA) scheduled for May 30-31, 2023. Read more »
May 18
Nigeria: International Day of the Boy Child - NGO Raises Awareness On Protection From Harmful Societal Influence
This Day
The Executive Director/Founder of WeLead, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), Dayo Oladele-Ilori has raised awareness of the need to protect the boy-child from harmful societal… Read more »
May 17
Egypt: Women Abused Over Alleged Islamic State Ties - HRW [press release]
HRW
Torture, Incommunicado Detention, Flawed Due Process Read more »
Mali: Mali - the Perpetrators of the Moura Massacre Must Be Prosecuted and Tried By a Competent Court
AI London
Amnesty International welcomes the publication on 12 May of a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the joint military… Read more »
May 12
Ghana: NGO Donates Assorted Items to Akuse Prisons
Ghanaian Times
Assorted food items and toiletries valued at GH₵21, 000.00 were last Thursday donated to the Akuse prisons in the Eastern Region by DM Philanthropist Organisation LBG, an NGO. Read more »
May 11
Sudan: Sudan Refugee Crisis - Aid Agencies Face Huge Challenges As Hundreds of Thousands Flee Violence [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Sudan stands on the brink of yet another civil war sparked by a confrontation between two generals: the head of Sudan's Armed Forces, General Abdelfatah El-Burhan, and the head of… Read more »
Africa: Chocolate Giants Reap Huge Profits As Promises to Improve Farmers' Incomes 'Ring Hollow' [press release]
Oxfam
Ghanaian cocoa farmers' paltry incomes fell on average by 16 percent since the start of the pandemic --while the confectionary profits of the four biggest public chocolate… Read more »
May 10
Africa: Threats to Biodiversity - Biodiversity Loss & Climate Change #AfricaClimateCrisis [press release]
Greenpeace
The richness of species diversity and the health of ecosystems has been declining at a fast rate in recent decades. This biodiversity loss in South Africa is being driven by many… Read more »
Africa: Rising Prices, Growing Protests - the Case for Universal Social Protection [document]
AI London
In a world facing multiple crises and increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, the right to social security can play a critical role in protecting people from poverty and the… Read more »
May 09
Tanzania: Tanzania Tackles Eye Health Crisis Head-On with Boresha Macho Project
allAfrica
Millions of people are affected by a crisis that often goes unnoticed - the issue of eye health. Read more »
Africa: Keeping an Eye on Healthy Sight in Africa
allAfrica
Eyes are often referred to as the windows to the soul, but are unfortunately also the gateway to a growing crisis that is casting a shadow over Africa's future. Read more »
Africa: Amnesty International Calls for Universal Social Protection, As Overlapping Crises Leave Hundreds of Millions Facing Disaster
AI
Amnesty International is today calling for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection… Read more »
Africa: Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally [press release]
HRW
Expanded International Law Could Accelerate Progress Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Alarming Numbers of Sexual Violence Victims in Camps Around Goma [press release]
MSF
In just two weeks, more than 670 victims of sexual violence have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in camps for displaced people around Goma, the… Read more »
Tunisia: Authorities Add Human Rights Lawyers to Trumped-Up Conspiracy Case
AI London
The Tunisian authorities' decision to broaden a criminal investigation based on unfounded accusations of "conspiracy" by adding four dissidents to the list of accused is a deeply… Read more »
May 08
Sierra Leone: Centre Girls' Voices in Education Reforms [press release]
HRW
New Law Should Require Greater Inclusion of Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Read more »
Zimbabwe: Community Learning Centre Launched in Marondera
263Chat
A local non-governmental organisation World Changers Organisation (WOCO) has launched a learning centre to empower women and young people in Marondera. Read more »
May 05
Tanzania: How Art is Inspiring Youth to Take Action on Climate Crisis #AfricaClimateHope
allAfrica
In the bustling city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a passionate group of young leaders is driving change through their innovative NGO. Their approach is simple yet effective.… Read more »
May 04
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader's Conviction and Sentencing Adds to Crackdown on Peaceful Dissent
AI London
The conviction and sentencing of Job Sikhala, a member of parliament for the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), for obstructing justice, is a travesty and further… Read more »
Sudan: Severe Medical Needs Persist Amidst Conflict in Sudan [press release]
MSF
Since 15 April, intense fighting has been taking place between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and other parts of Sudan. Medecins… Read more »
May 03
Africa: Public Interest Media Fund Launched to Safeguard Press Freedom, Democracy
allAfrica
The International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM) has launched the International Fund for Public Interest Media, an initiative intended to support public interest media… Read more »
May 02
Liberia: Dempster Wins Peace and Justice Awards in Usa
New Republic
MONROVIA-The Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution (CAPCR) at Sacramento has honored Adama Dempster, Secretary-General of the Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy… Read more »
Uganda: President's Failure to Veto Anti-LGBTI Bill an 'Abhorrent' Violation of LGBTI Rights - Amnesty International [press release]
AI London
Responding to the news that Uganda's Parliament has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill after President Yoweri Museveni sent it back to Parliament for revision, just confirms that… Read more »
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