January 09
Niger: Niger's New Emergency Law Threatens Rights [press release]
HRW
Decree Grants Authorities Sweeping Powers Amid Deepening Repression Read more »
Nigeria: AFCON 2025 - NDIDI Pledges to Settle Super Eagles' Unpaid Bonuses If Government Delay Persists
Leadership
Super Eagles captain, Wilfred Ndidi, has pledged to cover the unpaid match bonuses of his teammates and officials at the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in… Read more »
January 08
Uganda: Arrest of Ugandan Activist Ahead of Elections Spells Trouble [opinion]
HRW
On December 30, 2025, two weeks before Uganda's January 15, 2026 elections, security forces raided the home of Sarah Bireete, a prominent human rights activist and government… Read more »
Ghana: Global Peace Ambassadors Awards, NGOs Conference Held in Accra
Ghanaian Times
The Global Peace Ambassadors Awards and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Conference has been held in Accra under the theme: "Making Peace Louder than Conflict." Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos Partners Time for Africa Foundation to Foster Sustainable Devt
This Day
The Lagos State Government has expressed its willingness to collaborate with Time for Africa Foundation to impact the lives of its residents. Read more »
January 07
Egypt: Declining Funding Undermines Education, Health Care [press release]
HRW
Funding Hits New Lows, Contributing to Severe Shortages Read more »
South Sudan: Security Forces Abuse Power in 'Anti-Gang' Crackdown [press release]
HRW
Mass Arbitrary Arrests; Ill-Treatment; Rape; Forced Conscription, Including Boys Read more »
January 06
Mozambique: Civil Society Group Claims Police Killed 38 in Northern District
AIM
The civil society organisation Koxukhoro, based in the northern Mozambican city of Nampula, claims that 38 people have died in clashes between artisanal miners and the police in… Read more »
Namibia: Conservationist Slams Western Animal Rights Groups Over Ivory Trade
Namibian
African wildlife will not be protected through Western conservation approaches but through the involvement of local communities, says conservationist Margaret Jacobsohn. Read more »
North Africa: Tunisia Court Frees NGO Workers Accused of Helping Migrants
RFI
A Tunisian court has freed a group of humanitarian workers after handing them suspended sentences for facilitating the "illegal entry and residence" of migrants, a support… Read more »
Somalia: ITUC Voices Concern Over Israel's Recognition of Somaliland
Shabelle
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), representing more than 200 million workers worldwide, expressed strong concern over Israel's announcement recognizing… Read more »
January 05
Africa: Oxfam Condemns the Violation of International Law in Venezuela and Warns of Its Impact On Peace, Democracy and Human Rights [press release]
Oxfam
Oxfam categorically rejects the recent US military intervention in Venezuelan territory, which constitutes a violation of international law and an unacceptable interference in the… Read more »
Liberia: Actionaid, Partners Brainstorm On Mobilizing Domestic Resources to Finance Renewable Energy in Liberia
FrontPageAfrica
ActionAid Liberia has convened civil society organizations, government officials, youth groups, traditional leaders, and development partners to discuss strategies for mobilizing… Read more »
January 03
Ghana: Global Peace Ambassadors Awards and NGOs Conference Held in Accra
Ghanaian Times
The Global Peace Ambassadors Awards, an NGOs Conference has been held in Accra under the theme : "Making Peace Louder than Conflict." Read more »
January 02
Sudan: President Trump Is Best-Placed to End Sudan War - By First Stopping UAE Weapons Exports [analysis]
allAfrica
The respected Brussels-based think tank, the International Crisis Group, has identified three conflicts in Africa as among the 10 world-wide which – following a… Read more »
January 01
Malawi: NGO Equips Over 300 Private ECD Caregivers to Raise Standards in Early Childhood Education
Nyasa Times
In a major push to strengthen early childhood education in Malawi, Youth Health Network (YHN) has trained more than 300 private Early Childhood Development (ECD) caregivers in… Read more »
December 31, 2025
South Sudan: MSF Evacuates Staff From Lankien Healthcare Facility Following Airstrikes
MSF
Juba/Lankien, South Sudan - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has undertaken the evacuation of key staff members from its healthcare facility in Lankien town, Nyirol… Read more »
South Africa: Volunteers Serve Hope and Hot Meals in Cape Town
Scrolla
The Feed5000 programme runs from 15 December to 11 January to feed the homeless in the city centre. Organisers need more volunteers and donations to help cover the rising costs… Read more »
Gambia: Tostan Sparks Rural Revolution - Ending Child Marriage, Stopping Open Defecation & Building Democracy
The Point
Tostan, an international NGO operating in the upper and central parts of the country has been credited with bringing remarkable social transformation to communities across the two… Read more »
December 30, 2025
Uganda: NGO Boss Sarah Bireete Arrested
Nile Post
Security agencies arrested prominent lawyer, human rights defender and election observer Dr. Sarah Bireete on the afternoon of December 30, 2025, after surrounding her residence in… Read more »
December 29, 2025
Nigeria: 4,072 Nigerian Schoolgirls Receive Free Sanitary Pads - NGO
Premium Times
The distribution was done across four states in Nigeria, the NGO said. Read more »
Gambia: Tostan Holds Inter-Village Meeting At Sare Samba Simally
The Point
Tostan International the Gambia, a grassroots NGO dedicated to empowering communities through education and human rights, recently convened an inter-village meeting at Sare Samba… Read more »
Nigeria: A Season of Giving - How the Elumelu Family Reached Vulnerable Children in Lagos, Delta and Edo
This Day
As part of its end-of-year humanitarian outreach, the family of Tony Elumelu, Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group, Heirs Holdings, and Transcorp, over the weekend… Read more »
Nigeria: SACF - Beneficiaries Narrate Growth, Applaud Organisers Over Consistency
This Day
Some of the beneficiaries of the Seyi Akinwunmi Charity Foundation have narrated their progress after being spotted by the organisers of the project. Read more »
December 28, 2025
Nigeria: Five Things We Learned On Day 6 - Nigeria Find Danger in Dominance
RFI
Super crowd pleasers those Super Eagles. Nigeria restored the neutrals' faith with gore and disorder as they brilliantly chopped through Tunisia's defences to lead 3-0 and then… Read more »
