Creator
Lewis Mudge is Central Africa Director at Human Rights Watch, focusing on Burundi, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. Before joining Human Rights Watch he was based in Goma, eastern Congo, as the field manager for Interactive Radio for Justice, an organisation dedicated to creating local radio programs that concentrated on International Criminal Court proceedings. He has lived in Africa for over 13 years, the last 9 of which have been focused on Central Africa. He has written several Human Rights Watch reports and his op-eds have appeared in major papers and news outlets, but his true love is field research and getting to understand the individual cost of human rights abuses. He has a Masters in International Politics from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
A peace agreement will not last unless those who commit crimes in the conflict are prosecuted
People are killed, raped, tortured, detained and forced to give up food. Africa, with South Africa’s leadership, needs to urgently stop the violence
Fighting continues in the Central African Republic, and the thorny issue of amnesty for militants has not been clearly resolved
Armed groups in the CAR believe that a new peace deal has granted them amnesty. But that’s not what the deal actually says
The Arusha Accords, led by Thabo Mbeki, have been eroded and Cyril Ramaphosa needs to restore peace
