A nation divided: tensions mount in Cameroon as English speakers marginalized by Francophone majorit
By Adrian Blomfield To be born an English speaker in a world where the language remains the lingua franca of trade and diplomacy is...
The Telegraph
Mar 18, 2017
7 Congo Army Officers Charged With War Crimes in Massacre
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Seven Congolese Army officers have been arrested and charged with war crimes after a video...
New York Times 1
Mar 18, 2017
This photographer wants to show Rwanda is about 'more than the genocide'
By Adeline Chen and Yemisi Adegoke (c) Jacques Nkinzagbo Kigali (CNN) -- For photographer Jacques Nkinzagbo,...
CNN 1
Mar 15, 2017
‘Your Children Will Die if You Don’t Stop’
By Boris Dittrich Michel Togué, a lawyer in the African country of Cameroon, has received death threats for defending lesbians and gays....
Human Rights Watch
Mar 13, 2017
Fighting Boko Haram in Chad: Beyond Military Measures
Since 2015, the conflict between Chad’s armed forces and Boko Haram has destabilised the Lake Chad region in the west of the country....
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 8, 2017
Niger and Boko Haram: Beyond Counter-insurgency
Executive Summary For the last two years, Niger has been at war with Boko Haram. The conflict has disrupted this poor country’s...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 27, 2017
Vigilante Groups Fighting Boko Haram
Regional armies in the Lake Chad basin deploy vigilantes to sharpen campaigns against Boko Haram insurgents. But using these militias...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 23, 2017
A Step Toward Justice in the Central African Republic
Last month I visited Bakala, a town in the center of the Central African Republic where serious fighting between two rebel groups had...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 21, 2017
‘Stopping Genocide and Mass Atrocities by Stopping the War Profiteers’ talk at UMass
John Prendergast gave a talk, “Stopping Genocide and Mass Atrocities by Stopping the War Profiteers” to students, faculty and community...
Angelese Revaleon | Daily Collegian
Feb 19, 2017
‘Look, They Are Dying’: Video Appears to Show Massacre by Congolese Soldiers
By Jeffery Gettleman The video opens with a squad of soldiers walking down a sandy, sunlit road toward a group of people who are...
New York Times 1
Feb 17, 2017
Reported killings in DR Congo town could amount to serious rights violations - UN rights arm
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. (file) UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré 14 February 2017 – At least 101 people are...
Genocide Watch
Feb 15, 2017
Burundi: Measures being used to ‘criminalize’ work of human rights defenders, warn UN experts
Protestors raise their hands in front of police in the Musaga neighbourhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, on 4 May 2015. Photo: IRIN/Phil Moore...
Genocide Watch
Feb 9, 2017
