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Congo-Brazzaville’s repressive government buys secret weapons haul from Azerbaijan

Africa Khadija Sharife, Mark Anderson & The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - 22 Feb 2021

For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election

The government needs to put human rights at the heart of education policy

Opinion Iain Byrne & Shenilla Mohamed - 18 Feb 2021

Education in South Africa is dismally unequal, and Covid-19 has exacerbated the crisis. Investment in infrastructure is crucial

State surveillance rife in South Sudan, Amnesty finds

Opinion Deprose Muchena - 3 Feb 2021

Telecommunications and surveillance companies must stop aiding the government’s human rights violations and encroachment on freedoms

Blackout makes it hard to report on Ethiopia’s civil war

Africa Simon Allison - 16 Nov 2020

Between a communications shutdown and tight restrictions on movement, reporters — and the world — knows little about what is going on in Tigray. But the little that is emerging is terrible

Editorial: A failure of leadership in Nigeria

Opinion Editorial - 23 Oct 2020

For as long as there has been an independent Nigeria, its government has been killing its people.

Kenyan cops cash in on Covid-19

Africa Muthoni Gitonga - 5 Sep 2020

The ‘unmasked’ are arrested during early morning patrols, taken to police stations and charged a ‘bond’

‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia

Africa Zecharias Zelalem - 14 Jul 2020

Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa

Prisoners riot in Sierra Leone

Africa Abdul S Brima - 14 May 2020

Correctional centres across Africa are struggling to react to the pandemic and its effects on inmates

‘Any trigger can lead to suicide’

Africa Amanda Sperber - 23 Apr 2020

For South Sudanese refugees, fleeing war and sexual violence is only the beginning of their struggles, writes Amanda Sperber from northern Uganda. This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting

‘The police shoot at journalists all the time’: Press freedom shrinks in Somalia

Africa Amanda Sperber - 13 Feb 2020

Fewer journalists have been killed since President Farmajoo came to power in 2017, but general freedom of expression has been sharply curtailed, as detailed in a new Amnesty International report

Widespread concern after Australian police media raids

Article Max Walden - 6 Jun 2019

Police raids against two news outlets renew calls for safeguards for whistle-blowers and freedom of speech protections

Amnesty International Zimbabwe closes amid allegations of fraud

Africa Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2019

Police are investigating suspected misconduct involving millions of dollars of funds from donors.

Amnesty to cull managers after probe into ‘toxic’ workplace

Article Agency - 29 May 2019

Amnesty initiated the probe last August after two staff members took their own lives within three months of each other that year

28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses

Africa Fisseha Tekle - 28 May 2019

The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front celebrates 28 years in power on Tuesday. Now is the time to confront its brutal past

Surviving Boko Haram’s war on children

Africa Shola Lawal - 16 May 2019

After escaping from the clutches of armed groups, abducted children in northern Nigeria should expect a warm welcome on their return home

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Congo-Brazzaville’s repressive government buys secret weapons haul from Azerbaijan

The government needs to put human rights at the heart of education policy

State surveillance rife in South Sudan, Amnesty finds

Blackout makes it hard to report on Ethiopia’s civil war

Editorial: A failure of leadership in Nigeria

Kenyan cops cash in on Covid-19

‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia

Prisoners riot in Sierra Leone

‘Any trigger can lead to suicide’

‘The police shoot at journalists all the time’: Press freedom shrinks in Somalia

Widespread concern after Australian police media raids

Amnesty International Zimbabwe closes amid allegations of fraud

Amnesty to cull managers after probe into ‘toxic’ workplace

28 years later, Ethiopia’s ruling party must end impunity for human rights abuses

Surviving Boko Haram’s war on children

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