Angola’s Hidden War For Public Opinion
By Friends of Angola September 18, 2026 © 2025 All Rights Reserved | Friends of Angola The BlackCore revelations show how covert digital manipulation can become an instrument of state power ahead of the 2027 elections A government’s duty is to communicate with its citizens. It is not to manufacture citizens, invent news outlets, conceal the origin of political messages or secretly engineer public opinion. Yet a new investigation by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab pres
Friends of Angola
2 days ago
African Bar Association Demands Cameroon Mediation
By Joseph Besong November 5, 2026 In resolutions adopted at its September 2026 conference in Cabo Verde and now made available, the African Bar Association condemns abuses by government forces and armed separatists, calling for international mediation, transitional justice and a lasting political settlement. Ten years into Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis, the African Bar Association called for international mediation, reparations for victims and a lasting political settlement. T
Pan African Visions
4 days ago
Gabon says access to social media restored after eight-month ban
By Jaroslav Lukiv October 25, 2026 PA Gabon says it has lifted a ban on social media imposed eight months ago - a move that triggered widespread criticism at the time. The High Communication Authority (HAC) announced the U-turn on Saturday in a televised statement. The BBC has approached the country's media regulator for comment. The ban had been introduced on 17 February, with the HAC saying that online content was fuelling conflict and deepening divisions in the country. Th
BBC News
Oct 29
Guinea-Bissau Country Report - September 2026
By Iradj Ipaktchi Umaro Sissoco Embaló - seen here voting in Guinea-Bissau's presidential elections last month - is now in neighbouring Senegal (Credit: AFP via Getty Images) Guinea-Bissau Country Report September 2026 By Iradj Ipaktchi Intermittent political violence and decades of corruption in Guinea-Bissau increase the risk that authorities and powerful actors will persecute targeted groups. Guinea-Bissau won independence from Portugal in 1974. President Luis Cabral's Afr
Genocide Watch
Oct 29
Junta Strips 5 More Exiled Critics of Nationality
By Human Rights Watch September 22, 2026 Latest Crackdown Heightens Rights Concerns Amid Renewed Political Tensions Former Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou speaks to the media in Paris, August 1, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Christophe Ena (Nairobi) – Niger’s junta has provisionally stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, extending a controversial policy increasingly used against critics of the military authorities, Human Rights Watch said today.
West Africa Monthly Report: September 2026
September marked another turbulant period for West African countries.
Genocide Watch
Oct 27
Togo Country Report - April 2026
Togo has faced political crisis since its controversial 2024 constitutional reform, which the opposition widely views as President Faure Gnassingbé’s attempt to extend his 20-year rule. In May 2025, Gnassingbé assumed the post of President of the Council of Ministers without a popular vote.
Genocide Watch
Oct 26
West African Sea Arrivals Drop as Land Routes Turn Deadlier
By ReliefWeb 13 October 2026 Departures including from countries like Senegal have shifted to alternative routes © IOM/ Senegal Fewer people from West Africa are reaching Europe by sea, but the journey has not become safer. Arrivals from four major West African countries of origin fell by 59 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, according to new data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). However, the factors that drive mi
ReliefWeb
Oct 19
Mali: Military Attacks On Civilians, Insurgent Abuses
Human Rights Watch October 19, 2026 Screenshot of a video posted online and analyzed by Human Rights Watch showing the destruction of a health center following an apparent Malian military drone strike in Talahandak village in the northern Kidal region, Mali, on July 29, 2026. © Private, Human Rights Watch. Malian armed forces and their allies have since July 2026 responded to mounting attacks by Islamist and separatist armed groups with abusive counterinsurgency operations
Human Rights Watch
Oct 18
Cameroon: increase in killings of women spurs protests
By Nalova Akua October 15, 2026 YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Geraldine Achiah, an elementary school teacher in her 30s, died barely two months into her marriage in September. Her relatives allege her husband beat her over a marital dispute and demand justice in what they say is a gender-based crime. Her only child, Courage Abombi, 18, fondly remembers her support for his dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer. “My mom died an unexpected and painful death,” said Abombi, who had
AP News
Oct 17
Migrant boat sinks off coast of Gambia, at least 12 dead
Rescuers have recovered 12 bodies after a boat transporting migrants sank off the coast of Gambia, with an unknown number still missing, the Red Cross said.
ARAB NEWS
Oct 16
West Africa Monthly Report: August 2026
Across West Africa, countries face a range of challenges, including political repression, human rights abuses, humanitarian crises and insecurity, while several have also become destinations for US deportees under third-country agreements, raising concerns about their protection and legal status.
Genocide Watch
Oct 14
