#SouthSudan sadly we have a governance system with zero checks and balances, zero accountability and a ruling class that doesn’t think about future generations!

.Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday that the Burkinabe authorities should immediately lift the suspension of BBC Africa and Voice of America and reverse the directive seeking to control local outlets’ coverage. #BurkinaFaso
cpj.org/?p=382888 BBC News Afrique VOA Africa

#Sudan : escalating violence in El-Fasher puts civilians at risk of massive atrocities.

'Such attacks raise the spectre of further ethnically motivated violence in #Darfur , including mass killings' says UN Human Rights chief.

Accountability needed.

ohchr.org/en/press-brief…

When the RSF siege of Al-Geneina started, alarm bells were sounded to no avail and the final death toll of the RSF-led massacre was estimated at 10,000 - 15,000.

When the RSF siege of Madani began - again, no intervention and masses were tortured, killed, raped and robbed.

Proposals for new constitutional revisions and extension of presidential term limits are making a comeback in Africa.

Why are the African leaders evading term limits to overstay in power?

What justifies this move?

Tonight, Friday 8pm EAT, 1700GMT on Spaces.

#TermLimits

Don’t block-INVESTIGATE. #BurkinaFaso #HumanRights #PressFreedom

#BurkinaFaso : Army Massacres 223 Villagers
'Burkinabè authorities should urgently undertake a thorough investigation into the massacres, with support from the African Union & the United Nations to protect its independence and impartiality,' Human Rights Watch says
Tirana Hassan
hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

ICYMI: 🎧 Listen to our Spaces recording:
🗞️Topic: One Year of the #Sudan Conflict, What Next?
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Standing #InsolidaritywithThePeopleofSudan together with SIHA Network & African Centre join us in amplifying these #CallToAction .
#SpeakOutOnSudan

#EndPoliceImpunity #AccountabilityNow

'Horror in Burkina Faso: Over 200 civilians slaughtered by army in village rampage, Human Rights Watch reports. Children and infants among the victims. UN and AU urged to intervene for justice. #BurkinaFaso #HumanRights ' buff.ly/49UI9Sb

#BurkinaFaso : soldiers summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including 56 children, in the villages of #Soro and #Nondin on Feb 25, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the last 10 years. These are crimes against humanity.
Human Rights Watch report 👇hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

#BurkinaFaso : Army Massacres 223 Villagers
“The failure of the Burkinabè authorities to investigate such atrocities underlines why int'l assistance is critical to support a credible investigation into possible crimes against humanity”, Tirana Hassan Human Rights Watch
hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

Mama Victor 'Benna Buluma' lost 2 sons in the 2017 election unrest, sparking her mission for police accountability & support for women who lost loved ones to EJE. Today, she tragically drowned in #mathare after #floods marooned her. Her mission & legacy of resilience lives on.

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URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED ASAP IN MATHARE- KWA KARIUKI VILLAGE-MABATINI WARD...PEOPLE LIVES ARE IN DANGER....

We have our community members who are stuck in the water and floods are heavy.....So far no Government response....
.Sakaja Arthur Johnson .Esther Muthoni Passaris.Edwin Sifuna

April 15 marked one-year anniversary since the outbreak of conflict in #Sudan . Join us today on as we to assess the current situation & discuss practical pathways for the resolution of the #conflict .

Tonight: Spaces

Defying the facts, the UK parliament has passed a law declaring Rwanda 'safe' so it can send asylum seekers there.

This law violates asylum seekers' human rights.

The UK again attempts to bend truth on #Rwanda . This time around it was Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP on BBC Radio 4 Today. New dispatch for Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2024/04/2…

#Rwan daBill #Rwan

LGBT Ghanaians await court ruling on restrictive new law reut.rs/3W8hj5F