Human Rights Violations and Violence - Africa's 11 Hotspots
Eleven African nations are highlighted in a major annual report on human rights. The nations named in the 2020 World Report by Human Rights Watch range from Nigeria in the west, through Central Africa and the Great Lakes region to Somalia in the east, and from Mozambique in the south to Libya in the north - places where peacebuilding could address both violations of citizens' rights and insurgencies, domestic conflict or inter-communal violence.
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Southern Africa:
Southern Africa - Weak Rights Protections
HRW, 14 January 2020
Weak domestic and regional institutions undermined human rights in several Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries during 2019, Human Rights Watch said today… Read more »
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Mauritania:
Mauritania - Presidential Transition
HRW, 14 January 2020
Mauritania's first presidential transition in a decade has raised hope that the new head of state, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, will ensure human rights protections for all… Read more »
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Libya:
Libya - Reckless Fighting Endangers Civilians
HRW, 14 January 2020
Armed groups loyal to one of two competing Libyan governments and their international backers are putting civilians at risk with indiscriminate attacks, Human Rights Watch said… Read more »
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Tunisia:
Tunisia - Repressive Laws Cloud Rights Gains
HRW, 14 January 2020
Tunisia still faces numerous hurdles to protecting its human rights gains nine years after Tunisians ousted the authoritarian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Human Rights Watch… Read more »
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Egypt:
Egypt - Resilient Resistance to Fierce Repression
HRW, 14 January 2020
Egyptian activists and ordinary people alike demonstrated resistance to brutal government repression during 2019, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. Read more »