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News 2000    
Tunisia: Trial of Professor Condemned
Ivory Coast: Government Involved in Civilian Killings
Liberia: Emerging from the Destruction
No Human Rights Progress in Niger Delta
New Evidence of Atrocities in Sierra Leone
South Africa Praised on International Court
Sierra Leone: Justice and the Special Court
South Africa's Arms Trade: Further Progress Needed
Eastern Congo: Activists Severely Beaten
Congo: UN Rights Commissioner Visits
Tanzania: Violence against Women Refugees
Congo: Government, Rebels Suppress Free Expression
Refugee Women in Guinea Raped
Sudan Blasted on Women's Ban
Congo: Jailed Activists Disappear
Uganda/Congo: Resurgence of Inter-Ethnic Violence
Clinton Should Back Effective Justice in Burundi
Principles for Justice in Sierra Leone
Letter to Kofi Annan (Aug 16)
U.N. Action on Sierra Leone Court Welcomed
D.R. Congo: Detained Dissidents At Risk
"Regroupment" Camps in Burundi Condemned
Sierra Leone Government Bombing Causes Civilian Deaths
Senegal Actions on Ex-Chad Dictator Deplored
The IMF and Angola: Oil and Human Rights
Decisive U.N. Action on Sierra Leone Urged
New Testimony of Rape Committed by Sierra Leone Rebels
Sierra Leone Rebels Forcefully Recruit Child Soldiers
Sierra Leone: Fresh Reports of RUF Terror Tactics
U.K. Arms May Go to Abusive Forces in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: U.S. Urged to Support Criminal Tribunal
Sierra Leone: Expedited UN Criminal Tribunal Urged
Sierra Leone Government Troops Torture and Reportedly Execute RUF Rebel Suspects
Fair Trial Urged for Rebel Leader Sankoh
Case Against ex-Chad Dictator Debated
Sierra Leone: Jackson Urged to Make Forceful and Public Stand on Protection of Civilians
Eastern Congo Ravaged
Arms Embargo on Sierra Leone Rebels Neglected
New Peacekeeping Authority Needed in Sierra Leone
Crimes of Ex-Chad Dictator Detailed
Senegal Must Try Ex-Chad Dictator
U.N. Must Not Forget Sierra Leone Civilians
Civilians the Real Target in Sierra Leone
Parties to Sierra Leone War Urged Not to Recruit Child Soldiers
Rwandan Refugees Ordered Out of Congo
Inquiry Demanded on U.S. Role in Genocide
Rwandan Genocide Could Have Been Stopped
Tourist Killings in Uganda "Part of Broader Pattern"
Human Rights Abuse Rampant in Congo War
Oil Companies Complicit in Nigerian Abuses
New Crackdown on Zimbabwe's Independent Media
...more Press Releases

HRW Publications
  Africa Section of the World Report 2001
  Africa Section of the World Report 2000
  South Africa - A Question of Principle: Arms Trade and Human Rights
  "Seeking Protection: Addressing Sexual and Domestic Violence in Tanzania's Refugee Camps"
  Eastern Congo Ravaged: Killing Civilians and Silencing Protest
  Burundi: Neglecting Justice in Making Peace
  Rwanda: the Search for Security and Human Rights Abuses
  Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda
  Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process
  Leave None to Tell the Story
Genocide in Rwanda

Famine in Sudan, 1998: The Human Rights Causes
The Price of Oil
Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria’s Oil Producing Communities

Democratic Republic of Congo
Casualties Of War: Civilians, Rule of Law, and Democratic Freedoms
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Nigeria: A Challenge for Clinton
Sierra Leone: A Call for Justice
Human Rights Causes of the Famine in Sudan

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 Background Briefings
Ivory Coast: Election Violence in Abidjan
Update on Human Rights Violations in the Niger Delta
Human Rights in Nigeria: A Briefing for the Visit of President Clinton
Zambia: The Need for Human Rights Benchmarks
The International Monetary Fund's Staff Monitoring Program for Angola: The Human Rights Implications
The U.N. Sanctions Committee on Angola: Lessons Learned?
Landmines in Mozambique: After the Floods
Nigeria: The Destruction of Odi and Rape in Choba
Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile Mariam
Testimony of Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch to the House Subcommittee on Africa
The Killing of Eight Foreign Tourists in Uganda
Slavery and Slave Redemption in Sudan