Mali facing democratic backslide amid suspended elections and repression The United Nations has raised urgent concerns over the deteriorating situation in Mali, with its High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker

On September 1st, Burkina Faso’s transitional legislative assembly passed a controversial bill making consensual same-sex relationships a criminal offense, dealing a severe blow to LGBT rights in the country. Under

Niger : dissolution et répression des syndicats du secteur de la justice 21/08/2025 Déclaration Niger Défenseurs des droits humains Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash L’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseur·es

Click to expand Image Début juillet 2025, les autorités du Burkina Faso ont relâché cinq journalistes ainsi qu’un défenseur des droits humains. Ces individus avaient été incorporés de manière arbitraire

Burkina Faso 02 May 2025 Urgent appeals Enforced disappearances of human rights defenders Miphal Ousmane Lankoandé and Amadou Sawadogo in Burkina Faso ©Balai citoyen Share URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY

Two years of unlawful detention: the case of Niger’s former president Click to expand Image Two years after the military takeover in Niger, former President Mohamed Bazoum remains unlawfully detained.

Since January 2025, soldiers from the Malian armed forces and their Russian allies from the Wagner Group have been implicated in a series of extrajudicial executions and forced disappearances targeting

advocate for sickle cell patients gloria damoaliga berges leads fight in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou – In Burkina Faso, sickle cell disease affects an estimated 4.63% of the population, with nearly

escalating sexual violence in Mali’s displacement camps and conflict zones 1 juillet 2025 Femmes Amidst ongoing insecurity and forced displacement across Mali’s central and northern regions, women face increasingly severe

The Sahel has slipped from global headlines, but its crises endure. While the world’s focus shifted to conflicts in Ukraine, Israel-Palestine, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the decade-long

While managing the global coronavirus pandemic, Niger is currently grappling with a secondary health emergency. A resurgence of poliomyelitis has been confirmed, with two pediatric cases identified in the regions

A concerning health situation has emerged in Burkina Faso. An outbreak of cholera has been officially declared following the laboratory confirmation of a case at the medical center in Kantchari,