Africa Watch is dedicated to covering news and analysis of developing events that concern human rights, international criminal law, and international humanitarian law in Africa.
The Africa Watch is dedicated to covering news and analysis of all matters that concern human rights and incidental concerns such as international criminal and humanitarian law. We collect and republish stories from across the content, as well as provide some legal analysis with two major goals:
Despite advancements made in the development of human rights in Africa, such as the entry into force of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the subsequent creation of several African Judicial bodies such as the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and so on, human rights abuses continue unabated across the African continent.
We believe that one of the reasons for this is the fact that human rights situations from around the continent are seldom published in the mainstream media. We hope to act as an agent of change, helping to ensure that human rights abuses are brought to mainstream awareness, making it harder for abusers to get away with their violations.
In a recent statement, The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has expressed deep sorrow over the assassination of prominent Congolese musician and
The discovery of nearly 3,000 bodies in Goma following the February 4 ceasefire by the M23 armed group has raised grave concerns about potential crimes
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has described detention conditions in Senegal as “dramatic and inhumane,” while calling for far-reaching criminal justice
The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached alarming levels, with children facing extreme violence, forced recruitment, abduction, and sexual
Tunisia is facing mounting international criticism over its alleged systematic repression of human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, activists, and political opponents. According to Thameen Al-Kheetan,
The situation in Sudan continues to deteriorate, with allegations of numerous atrocities including summary executions. As the BBC reports, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
