Category: News
Morocco crowned CAN 2025 winners following CAF appeal against Senegal
The Appeal Jury of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has delivered a stunning verdict regarding the incidents that marred the CAN 2025 final. Although Senegal initially celebrated a victory
Read MoreChad-Sudan border crisis: closed frontier and regional instability impacting N’Djamena
Chad-Sudan border crisis: closed frontier and regional instability impacting N’Djamena
Read MoreBurkina Faso implements historic reduction in medicine costs
In a significant move to improve public health, the government of Burkina Faso has announced a major price reduction for essential generic medicines and various medical supplies. This initiative, supported
Read MoreUn urges Burkina Faso to restore civil liberties and political pluralism
Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has formally called upon the government of Burkina Faso to cease all restrictions on civic space. He specifically urged the
Read MoreSix journalists in Niger face judicial harassment and detention
Recent actions by the judicial police in Niamey have led to the arrest of six journalists, a move that represents a severe blow to media independence. With three of these
Read MoreCall for the release of Moussa Tiangari after six months of detention in Niger
Click to expand Image Global human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), are demanding
Read MoreThe erosion of judicial accountability across the Sahel
Click to expand Image Beyond being neighbors in the African Sahel, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger currently share at least three critical characteristics. First, all three nations are under the
Read MoreAmnesty International urges Niger to free journalist Samira Sabou
Responding to the alarming forced disappearance of Nigerien journalist and blogger Samira Sabou, who was reportedly abducted from her home on September 30 by masked individuals identifying as security personnel,
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