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August 4, 2023

Senegal: New restrictions on individual freedoms must stop

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August 1, 2023

Niger: New authorities must put an end to illegal administrative detentions and arbitrary arrests

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July 31, 2023

Togo: “Some women give birth on the floor” amid staff shortages, poor facilities

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July 25, 2023

Ghana: Landmark vote to remove death penalty from laws is a major step forward

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July 24, 2023

Nigeria: Authorities must disclose identities of #EndSARS protesters due for mass burial

A man stands with a sign which reads 'non a l'impunite' alongside a megaphone.

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July 11, 2023

West & Central Africa: Authorities must fight corruption and uphold the human rights of those who expose it

A large fire blazes behind huts and trees, smoke billowing into the sky.

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July 4, 2023

Cameroon: Rampant atrocities amid Anglophone regions must be stopped and investigated

A security guard in a stand at the Qatar World Cup

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June 15, 2023

Qatar: Hundreds of migrant workers employed as security guards at FIFA World Cup denied justice for abuses

President Bola Tinubu makes a speech

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June 14, 2023

Nigeria: More than 120 people killed since President Tinubu’s inauguration

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June 9, 2023

Senegal: Amnesty International calls for independent enquiry into deadly crackdown on protests

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June 2, 2023

Senegal: The authorities must immediately halt the police violence and restore social media

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June 1, 2023

Nigeria: Removal of fuel subsidy must not exacerbate poverty