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Joint statement by WACSI and AfricTivistes: “The law should protect those who defend rights, not become another instrument for silencing them”

During the plenary session of the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), held in Dakar on Tuesday 13 Oc…

16 octobre 2026Read

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AfricTivistes brings communities’ voices to the 89th ACHPR session

From 12 to 21 October, Dakar is hosting the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Since the NGO Forum that pre…

12 octobre 2026Read

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From Citizen Voices to African Mechanisms: Bringing Sahelian Concerns up to the ACHPR

Ahead of the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), scheduled to take place in Dakar from 12 to 21 Octo…

18 septembre 2026Read

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AfricTivistes launches Jokkondiral, an open-source civic tech initiative for citizen election observation in Africa!

AfricTivistes launches Jokkondiral, a collective effort to build open-source civic tech tools dedicated to citizen election observation in Africa. The…

21 août 2026Read

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[Guinea] – Cancellation of Guinea enforced disappearances’ round table deeply concerns CSOs, citizen movts

On 9 July 2026, the Senegalese authorities cancelled the international round table entitled ‘The Epidemic of Enforced Disappearances in Guinea’, which…

11 juillet 2026Read

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Dialogue Migration at 7th gathering on migration in West Africa

Year after year, the Forum Harmattan provides a unique platform for collaboration between Dialogue Migration, AfricTivistes and the Legal and Social E…

1 juillet 2026Read

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Election Civic Tech Fund: from funding to action

Following the announcement of the 12 winning projects in December 2025, the Election Civic Tech Fund entered its implementation phase. Since then, the…

1 juillet 2026Read

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[Gambie] – AfricTivistes expresses solidarity with GALA activists !

On Wednesday, 12 May 2026, fourteen members of the Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA) movement appeared before the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court (Gre…

14 mai 2026Read

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[Gabon] AfricTivistes Sound the alarm amid Social Media suspension !

On 17 February, the High Authority for Communication (HAC) announced the suspension of social media across Gabonese territory “until further notice.” …

21 février 2026Read