Forgive but Never Forget: Rwanda’s Reconciliation Villages
A Special Report by the Genocide Watch Great Lakes Task Force Heirs to both sides of Rwanda’s brutal history working side by side on a drainage ditch in Mbyo, part of a broader effort toward reconciliation. Credit Megan Specia/The New York Times Reconciliation is a complex, often contentious, yet necessary element of the post-genocide process. During an active genocide, the main priority is to bring an end to mass killings and extermination. Once a fragile peace is establishe
Genocide Watch
Nov 10
Eritrea Country Report: November 2025
By Grace Harris Members of Eritrea’s armed forces march past a reviewing stand where President Isaias Afewerki and numerous dignitaries and government officials were seated during the official 32nd Anniversary of Independence celebration at the Asmara Stadium on May 24, 2023, in Asmara, Eritrea. © 2024 Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images Eritrea, a former Ethiopian state annexed in 1962, gained independence in 1993 following decades of civil war. Just a few years later, tensi
Genocide Watch
Nov 10
Femicide warning: Afghanistan
By Michał Jagielski Women, teachers and students demonstrate inside a private school to demand their rights and equal education for women and girls, during a gathering for National Teachers Day, in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 5, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Ahmad Halabisaz The nationwide internet shutdown in Afghanistan on Sept. 29, 2025 was another instance of the Taliban’s unrelenting campaign against the Afghan people, especially women. Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021,
Genocide Watch
Nov 10
Colombia's Historic Apology for State-Led Extermination
By Josep Freixes - November 10, 2025 Gustavo Petro presided over the public ceremony in which the state apologized to the victims for the extermination of the left in the 1980s and 1990s. Credit: A.P. / Colombia One. In the city of Santa Marta, during the Fourth Summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union, the Colombian state on Sunday made public an act of acknowledgment and apology to the victims of the extensive proce
Colombia One
Nov 9
Is Mali about to fall to al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM?
The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM wants to incite popular discontent and pressure Mali’s military government, experts say. People gather at a petrol station amid a shortage of fuel in Bamako, Mali on October 7, 2025 [Idriss Sangare/Reuters by Al Jazeera | Shola Lawal A months-long siege on the Malian capital, Bamako, by the armed al-Qaeda affiliate group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has brought the city to breaking point, causing desperation among residents and
Al Jazeera
Nov 8
Ten days after Senegal’s pledge to protect the right to information, two TV channels disappear for a week
The signals of two private television channels, 7TV and TFM , disappeared from the digital terrestrial television (TNT) network for eight days, without any official justification and in very opaque circumstances. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this arbitrary blackout and calls on the Senegalese authorities to honour their commitments and identify those behind the disappearance. The signals of two private television channels, 7TV and TFM , disappeared from the
