From 26th to 28th June, the Togolese people have been peacefully mobilising to demand justice, democracy, and political change after two decades of unchallenged power under the regime of Faure Gnassingbé. In response to these legitimate demands, the authorities have reacted with relentless violence. Everyone has witnessed scenes of harassment and beatings in the streets […]

In light of the repression of peaceful demonstrations that occurred on 6 June in Togo, civil society organisations and African citizen movements express their deep concern. They condemn violations of fundamental freedoms, particularly the right to protest, and call on the Togolese authorities to ensure respect for human rights. They also urge ECOWAS to fully […]

Senegalese civil society organisations have made a solemn appeal to the Senegalese people and the authorities of the Republic of Senegal, particularly to Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, to mobilise against enforced disappearances and the brutal repression exercised by the transitional authorities of Guinea against civil society activists.

Organisations, citizens’ movements, civil society figures and media professionals are joining forces to call for a revision of Article 255 of the Senegalese Penal Code. They denounce legislation that threatens freedom of expression and call for it to be brought into line with international human rights standards.

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 […]

Citizens’ movements, activists, and African civil society actors are sounding the alarm over the manhunt of Bubacar Turé, President of the Guinea-Bissau League for Human Rights (LGDH).

African citizen movements, activists, campaigners, civil society actors strongly condemn the ongoing repression of journalists and media actors, as well as the drastic closing of civic space in Burkina Faso

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.

Since 27 January, fighting has erupted between the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion in Goma, the main city in Eastern DRC. These new clashes have resulted in 2,900 deaths, according to a report from the UN. 2,000 bodies have already been buried, while 900 […]

On 12 January, the poet and human rights defender Sokpor Sitsopé Honoré, also known as Affectio, was arrested. This human rights advocate, known for his engaged posts on Facebook, was accused of undermining the internal security of the state. According to witnesses of his arrest, Mr Honoré was the victim of an ambush set by […]

On Tuesday, 7 January 2025, the correctional court of Conakry sentenced the opposition leader, Aliou Bah, president of the Mouvement Démocratique Libéral (MoDeL), to a two-year prison term. This latest sentencing  of political opponents, pro-democracy activists, civil society actors, artists, and journalists adds to the long series of abuses and violations of fundamental freedoms in […]

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 […]