Africa Govts Fail to Act on Rights Violations

The failure of states to hold human rights violators accountable for their actions has been pin-pointed as a major problem across the continent by Amnesty International.

A man sits outside his home in Gunhill informal settlement, Zimbabwe.

Children play in Ifo camp as the sun goes down, Dadaab, Kenya, December 2008.

Rasmata, 25 with her newborn baby.

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