AfricTivistes expresses its deep concern over the arbitrary arrest of Kenyan activists Boniface Mwangi, Hanifa Farsafi, Hussein Khalid, Martha Karua, and Ugandan lawyer and journalist Agather Atuhaire, who were apprehended on Monday, 19 May 2025, in Tanzania while attending the treason trial of Tundu Lissu, leader of the main opposition party in Tanzania. Boniface Mwangi […]

On Tuesday, 11 March 2025, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Senegal, El Malick Ndiaye, announced the submission of a bill on the interpretation of the amnesty law related to the 2021-2014 events surrounding political demonstrations in Senegal. This announcement has sparked strong reactions from various quarters. This bill, approved by the President of […]

We, civil society organisations from West Africa, committed to democratic values and the rule of law, denounce constitutional manipulations and raise awareness about the political crisis in Guinea-Bissau.

Journalist Habib Marouane Camara, the general manager of the news website lerevelateur224.com, was violently abducted on the evening of Tuesday, December 3, by gendarmes near the home of businessman Kerfalla Person Camara, known as “KPC”, in Lambanyi, a suburb of Conakry, Republic of Guinea. A statement from his editorial team informs that the “gendarmes allegedly […]

On Thursday, 31st October, access to social media platforms, particularly WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, was interrupted amid electoral protests and at a time when the opposition called for demonstrations. On 25th October, the country had already experienced a general Internet outage across various mobile operators. A week earlier, on 24th October, the electoral commission announced […]

On September 29th, while engaging with Togolese citizens during a meeting organised in Lomé by the Dynamic for the Majority of the People (DMP), Senegalese member of the ECOWAS Parliament, Guy Marius Sagna, was violently assaulted and injured by unidentified thugs. He was subsequently carried to a nearby clinic for treatment. Several other injured are […]

On 1 August, four pro-democracy activists were charged in Zimbabwe for demonstrating in support of opposition leader and head of the Coalition for Change (CCC) party Jameson Timba and dozens of that same opposition party, who were arrested in mid-June for taking part in an “illegal meeting”. The human rights activists arrested include human rights […]

On Tuesday June 25, more than twenty protesters lost their lives and more than 300 injured during protests against the Kenyan government’s 2024-2025 Finance Bill after police fired live ammunition at protesters opposing the bill. government law, which provides for new taxes. The protests were concentrated in the capital, Nairobi. But other gatherings were held […]

In Togo, the President of the Republic will no longer be elected by direct universal suffrage. A new Constitution was adopted on second reading on Friday April 19th, with 87 votes out of 87 in a Parliament largely dominated by the ruling majority. The text was approved  on first reading late on March 25th.  Once […]

On Wednesday April 10th, the President of Mali’s transitional government, Assimi Goïta, decreed the suspension “until further notice” of the activities of political parties and associations throughout the country. Since then, several opinion leaders, organisations and political parties have denounced an “unprecedented” act that “violates” all the country’s constitutional and legislative texts, while undermining democratic […]

AfricTivistes  premiered its documentary film ‘Senegal: one regime, two terms in office’ on Thursday, March 7, an opportunity to further  Senegal’s democratic trajectory, and for an  advocacy by various players on Senegal’s democratic decline.  AfricTivistes programmes coordinator Aisha Dabo affirmed that this cinematographic project is more than just a documentary: “We are gathered here not […]

Human rights organizations ARTICLE 19 Senegal and West Africa, Amnesty International Senegal, the Senegalese League for Human Rights (LSDH), the African Meeting for the Defense of Human Rights (RADDHO), AfrikaJom Center and AfricTivistes strongly condemn the physical assault against the journalist and Director of the television channel 7TV, Maimouna Ndour Faye. We demand that an […]

In Africa, the quest for a third presidential term of office is a source of concern, and populations have often paid the price. In order to help address this, AfricTivistes launches its project “Sénégal: Un pouvoir, deux mandats” (Senegal: one regime, two terms in office)with a documentary film aimed at raising awareness on the harmful […]

43 days were enough to register 337 nominations from 21 countries of the African continent. At the end, ten (10) people will compete for five (5) places to Nairobi (Kenya) where they will be rewarded as the young actors of change who have been the most outstanding in Africa. Still among them, the citizen champion […]

Peter Nkanga, a journalist, human rights activist and member of the AfricTivistes Steering Committee, has received death threats in Nigeria since the release of his documentary film exposing journalist and activist Ahmed Isah. According to Mr Isah, Peter Nkanga is guilty of participating in the making of the BBC News Africa film “Nigeria’s Ordinary President“, […]

Mass public protests marred by violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement have been noted throughout the Senegalese territory. Participants denounce a politically-motivated move to get rid of a  political adversary and leader of the opposition, Member of Parliament Ousmane Sonko, who came third in the 2019 presidential elections. It could be recalled that this […]