• President Alassane Ouattara takes the oath of office at the presidential palace in Abidjan on May 6, 2011. After nearly six months of post-election violence in which armed forces on both sides committed grave crimes under international law, Ouattara's long-awaited inauguration will be held on May 21.

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    Côte d’Ivoire: 2 Years in, Uneven Progress
    Côte d’Ivoire’s government has made little progress in addressing root causes of the country’s decade of politico-military violence in the two years since President Alassane Ouattara’s inauguration on May 21, 2011. These problems threaten the country’s long-term stability despite a strong economic rebound.
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  • Côte d’Ivoire: 2 Years in, Uneven Progress
    May 21, 2013
    Côte d’Ivoire’s government has made little progress in addressing root causes of the country’s decade of politico-military violence in the two years since President Alassane Ouattara’s inauguration on May 21, 2011. These problems threaten the country’s long-term stability despite a strong economic rebound.
  • Uganda: Stop Harassing the Media
    May 20, 2013
    The Ugandan government should immediately end politically motivated police intimidation of newspapers and radio stations and ensure that the media can operate freely.
  • Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights
    May 20, 2013
    Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. “I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver safely. On Monday she said I was weak.
  • Letter to Ivorian Minister of Justice on Government reaction to Human Rights Watch report
    May 20, 2013
  • Zambia: Stop Prosecuting People for Homosexuality
    May 20, 2013
    Zambian authorities should dismiss all charges and release two men arrested for engaging in homosexual acts. The police should immediately cease forensic anal examinations, which are intrusive, invasive and constitute cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in violation of international law.
  • AU has neglected human rights
    May 17, 2013
    Africa's leaders should also do some serious reflection on why they haven't made sufficient progress on human rights, writes Tiseke Kasambala.
  • Cameroon: Letter to the Prosecutor General of the Central Appeals Court
    May 17, 2013
    Jonas and Franky, who identify as women, were arrested in July 2011 by police who stopped their vehicle and saw that they were dressed in women’s clothing. Police claimed that Jonas, Franky, and a third person were “groping” each other in the car. They were convicted of homosexual conduct in November 2011 by a judge who suggested that because they were drinking Bailey’s liqueur the night of the arrest – which the judge considered a “women’s drink” –they must be homosexual.
  • Cameroon: Drop Charges Against 2 Transgender Youth
    May 17, 2013
    The Cameroonian authorities should drop the charges against two transgender youth rather than appealing their case to the Supreme Court, four human rights organizations said today. Jonas K. and Franky D. are being prosecuted on what the appeals court has already ruled were trumped-up charges of homosexual conduct, the groups said in a letter to the Yaoundé prosecutor today.
  • AU: African Groups Call for Justice at Summit
    May 16, 2013

    Civil society groups from more than 30 African countries called on African Union (AU) member countries to ensure that the AU promotes justice for grave international crimes, in a letter to the foreign ministers of African Union member states which was made public by the groups today.
     

  • Easing Africa's Pain: The Need for Palliative Care
    May 16, 2013
    With the prevalence of chronic diseases rapidly increasing in Africa, expanding palliative care will be essential to help patients live with dignity.
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