I. Coast Cocoa Trade Destroying Liberian Forest-Report
New Dawn
An investigation by Côte d'Ivoire NGO suggests that the European Union law on deforestation urgently needs to be implemented to significantly strengthen supply chain… Read more »
Oxfam Reaction to the Global Report On Food Crises 2024 [press release]
Oxfam
Today's "Global Report on Food Crises" (GRFC), led by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), says that 281.6 million people across 59 countries are now experiencing acute… Read more »
GPEI Boosts Madagascar's Fight Against Polio and Low Vaccination Rates [press release]
GAVI
A high-level delegation of the Global Polio Elimination Initiative (GPEI) is in Madagascar to support the country in strengthening routine immunisation while combatting a polio… Read more »
The UK Again Attempts to Bend Truth On Rwanda [analysis]
HRW
In an interview on the BBC's Today Program this week, Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell sang the praises of Rwanda's "remarkable regime." But as the debate over the… Read more »
Global Immunization Efforts Have Saved At Least 154 Million Lives Over the Past 50 Years
GAVI
A major landmark study just published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives - or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute… Read more »
UNHCR Completes $2.2 Million Projects in Sudan
Dabanga
Yesterday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan announced the completion of two projects funded by $2.2 million from the government of Japan, aiming… Read more »
Over 50 Million Lives Saved Through Immunization Effort [press release]
GAVI
An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For every infant life saved over that period, close to 60 years of… Read more »
A Chance for Africa to Counter the Pitfalls of International Criminal Justice? [press release]
AI London
Since its inception, the project of international criminal justice has been marked by a striking indifference to the long historical record of atrocities perpetrated by the Western… Read more »
Concern Grows for Tanzanian Communities Opposing TotalEnergies' Oil Pipeline [press release]
Global Witness
Global Witness is growing increasingly concerned for the safety of communities and campaigners challenging the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) - set to run through Uganda… Read more »
UK's Harmful Rwanda Bill to Become Law [press release]
HRW
Government Should Abandon Cruel Scheme and Protect Asylum Seekers Read more »
New Tax Regime Is a Recipe for Disaster, Says Civil Society
Nile Post
Civil Society Organisations under the Tax Justice Alliance have warned that if passed in their current form, the new tax bills proposed by will become a recipe for disaster for… Read more »
Bill Threatens Ban On Female Genital Mutilation [press release]
HRW
Reject Proposed Law That Would Reverse Critical Gains for Women's, Girls' Rights Read more »
Constitutional Proposals Put Children At Risk [press release]
HRW
Amendments Could Weaken Restrictions on Child Marriage, FGM Read more »
UK - Channel Crossing Deaths Highlight Government's 'Callous Attitude' to Refugees [press release]
AI London
In response to reports that five people died earlier today trying to cross the Channel, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said: Read more »
Proposed Security Law Threatens Rights [press release]
HRW
Revise or Reject Bill Undermining Freedom of Media, Expression, Association Read more »