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December 1, 2021 News Release

Sahel: Top UN Rights Official Visits Burkina Faso, Niger

Governments Should Protect Civilians, Investigate Abuses

Map of the Sahel region
August 11, 2021 Report

Niger: Surging Atrocities by Armed Islamist Groups

Over 420 Civilians Killed During Attacks, Massacres in 2021

Villagers at a mass grave containing the remains of civilians killed during the March 21, 2021 attack by armed Islamist groups on villages in Tahoua region, Niger. More than 170 Tuareg villagers were killed in the attack, Niger’s worst atrocity in recent history.
July 14, 2021 Dispatches

New Pledges to End Child Marriage in Francophone Africa

Governments Need to Match Commitments with Action

A girl holds the hand of a boy in Agadez, Niger on October 9, 2018.
June 24, 2021 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Review of Niger

81st Pre-Session

May 5, 2021 News Release

Niger: New Government Should Investigate Massacres

Bazoum Administration Should Make Justice a Priority

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February 25, 2021 Dispatches

Niger’s Fragile Democracy at Risk After Election

Government Should Restore Internet, Respect Protesters’ Rights

Election officials count votes by flashlight inside a school used as a polling station during elections in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, March 20, 2016.
October 9, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Migrants, Asylum Seekers Forced Out

Thousands, Including Children, Expelled to Niger Without Due Process

Migrants of several nationalities, part of a group of 270 people, arrive from Algeria to Assamaka, Niger, on September 30, 2020. © 2020 IOM Niger
September 8, 2020 News Release

Attacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools Surge in Africa’s Sahel

First International Day to Protect Education from Attack Addresses Violations Globally

A school in northern Burkina Faso is abandoned after an attack by an armed group.
June 12, 2020 News Release

Niger: Video Shows Army Killing Wounded Men

Ensure Justice for Apparent War Crime

Aerial view of Diffa, southeastern Niger
February 27, 2018 Report

Algeria: New Wave of Deportations

Allegations of Beatings in Round-Ups of Sub-Saharan Migrants

Migrants on a truck, leaving the camp in Tamanrasset on February 13, 2018.
February 11, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Niger

63rd plenary session

October 30, 2017 Letter

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Niger

79th pre-sessional working group

November 21, 2014 Commentary

The Dangerous Work of Defending Transparency

September 16, 2011 Commentary

Libya: Burkina Faso and Niger Back Gaddafi's Victims

March 16, 2010 News Release

African Al Qaeda Should Stop Targeting Civilians

Algeria Summit States Should Urge End to Murders, Kidnappings

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