Central African Republic: Beyond Commemoration - Why Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Demands Urgent Global Attention

Three years ago, during a mission to the Central African Republic from United Nations Headquarters, I met a woman whose story has remained with me ever since. She had survived rape… Read more »

Cameroon: Billions Lost As Secret Financial Networks Fuel Forest Destruction in Brazil and Cameroon

A new report has found that billions of dollars linked to illegal deforestation are flowing through global supply chains, with secrecy around land ownership and company records… Read more »

Malawi: People With Albinism Face Discrimination, Danger

By Elizabeth Kamundia and Samer Muscati Read more »

Africa: Lawmakers From Three Continents Demand Action, Not Pledges, On Population and Health

The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not "commitment"; it was "follow-up." And the difference mattered. Read more »

Kenya: Civil Society Launch a Campaign Against Extractive Industry Exploitation and Land Grabs

Over 800 households in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Western Kenya, fear eviction to pave the way for a British firm, Shanta Gold Limited, to begin extracting gold… Read more »

Kenya: Unexpected Ally Stepping Up Against Sexual Assault in Kenyan Slums - Landlord Standfirst

Trigger warning: This article discusses child rape. Read more »

Tanzania: Cambodia Unveils Statue Honouring Tanzanian-Born Bomb-Sniffing Rat Magawa

At Mazimbu village, not far from Tanzania's Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Stephano Jaka still remembers the night he trapped and killed a rat that had been feasting on… Read more »

Uganda: Ugandan Farmers Sue EACOP in London in Last Minute Effort to Stop Crude Oil Pipeline

Environmental activists and farmer groups opposed to the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the world's longest heated oil pipeline, are mounting a… Read more »

Kenya: Artisanal Miners in Western Kenya Move Away From Mercury

They call this land Bushiangala. Gold has been mined here for nearly a century. In 1931, colonial prospectors arrived after traces were found in the nearby Yala River, setting off… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Congo - 'The Result Was Already Decided Before Polling Stations Opened'

CIVICUS discusses the presidential election in the Republic of the Congo with Ivan Kibangou Ngoy, executive director of Global Participe, a civil society action-research… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Escalating Violence and Influx of Returnees in DR Congo Fuel Regional Instability

In the month following the reopening of the Burundi-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border, the humanitarian crisis in the DRC has deteriorated considerably, recently marked by… Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Civil War Escalates As Drone Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll and Regional Risks

The past two weeks have marked a significantly violent escalation in the Sudanese Civil War, with drone strikes and artillery shelling between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and… Read more »

Ghana: How UNDP & Global Partners Are Tackling Root Causes of Violent Extremism in Ghana's Borderlands

Across the world's fragile borderlands where insecurity, climate stress, and marginalization intersect, communities often find themselves on the frontlines of violent extremism.… Read more »

Uganda: Why Ugandan Male Sexual Violence Survivors Suffer in Silence

When people ordinarily think about sexual violence, it's of the rape of women by men. In Uganda, as in other countries, activists say men are also victims of sexual violence… Read more »

Africa: Africa At the Epicenter of Child Labour Crisis As Migration Fuels Exploitation

Although global rates of child labour have declined since 2020, the practice remains a serious and persistent violation of children's rights, undermining their safety, social… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Crisis - Mass Killings Continue While the World Looks Away

Satellite images show corpses piled high in El Fasher, North Darfur, awaiting mass burial or cremation as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia tries to cover up the scale of its… Read more »

Libya: 'From the Moment They Enter Libya, Migrants Risk Being Arbitrarily Arrested, Tortured and Killed'

CIVICUS discusses migrants' rights in Libya with Sarra Zidi, political scientist and researcher for HuMENA, an international civil society organisation (CSO) that advances… Read more »

Nigeria: Will Nnamdi Kanu's Life Sentence End the Violent Agitation for Biafra?

On 20 November 2025, a Nigerian court in Abuja sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of terrorism and several related offenses,… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Court Restores Seed Freedom - Landmark Ruling Boost for Food Security and Sovereignty

For years, smallholder farmers across Kenya have been engaged in a legal battle with the government over a law that criminalizes the practice of saving, sharing and exchanging… Read more »

Nigeria: Authorities Urged to Take Lawful Measures to Stop Mass Abductions in Nigeria

On the morning of 17 November 2025, darkness cloaked Maga town in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, until gunfire shattered the silence. It was around 4 am when… Read more »

Tanzania: Zanzibar's Battle to Save Endangered Turtles Intensifies As Global Study Exposes Deadly Microplastic Threat

On a warm morning at Matemwe, a small crowd gathers behind a rope barrier as the sand begins to tremble. A tiny head pushes through a soft mound of earth, then another, and… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Post-Election Turmoil Deepens Economic and Social Woes

At dawn in Manzese, a dusty township on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, silence hangs where the sounds of commerce once roared. The township, usually crowded with street cooks,… Read more »

Africa: Lawmakers Urged to Consider Emerging Drivers of Child Marriage

Closing the chapter on child marriages is still a distant ambition in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, and despite great strides at developing and passing… Read more »

Africa: The Only Remaining Colony in Africa Continues Its Struggle for Independence

The African continent has long been monopolized by European colonial rulers, with France having the largest number of colonies, ruling over 35 territories followed by Britain with… Read more »

Mali: Mali's Blocked Transition - Five Years of Deepening Authoritarianism

When Mali's former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood trial in Bamako's cybercrime court on 29 September, charged with undermining state authority for expressing solidarity with… Read more »