Media Coverage

Senegal's parliament on February 5 voted to hold a postponed presidential election on December 15 in the face of public outcry that led some opposition lawmakers to blockade proceedings until security forces intervened. The move follows President Macky Sall's unprecedented announcement of a...

Senegalese police on February 4 cracked down on protests against the postponement of the presidential election, as parliament prepared to debate a bill that would reschedule the vote for August and extend President Macky Sall's mandate. Sall announced on February 3 that the February 25 vote would be...

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has indefinitely postponed the presidential election that was scheduled to take place on February 25. Speaking in a televised address to the nation on February 3, the president announced he had cancelled the relevant electoral law, citing a dispute over the candidate...

Senior leaders from Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) met three times this January in Bahrain, sources with knowledge of the talks said, the first such contact between the two warring sides in nine months of conflict. Unlike previous talks on the war in Sudan, the meetings...

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor told the UN Security Council on January 29 "there are grounds to believe" both Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are committing war crimes in Darfur at present. War erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023 between...

Thousands of people have gathered to protest in cities and towns in Kenya against the recent slayings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration on January 27 was the largest event ever held in the country against sexual and gender-based violence. In the capital, Nairobi, protesters...

Thousands of people protested in Tanzania on January 24 against proposed changes to electoral laws, in the largest public demonstration since the government lifted a ban on opposition political rallies in January 2023. Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, organized the rally in the main city...

The Kenyan government is under pressure to urgently investigate and prosecute cases of femicide, after the brutal murders of two women. “This is a national crisis—we are not doing enough as a country to protect women,” said Audrey Mugeni, the co-founder of Femicide Count Kenya, an NGO that documents...

The European Council (EC) has imposed sanctions on six companies for their alleged involvement in financing and arming the warring Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The six entities were responsible for “supporting activities undermining the stability and political...

The government of war-ravaged Sudan says it has suspended its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the east African regional bloc that has tried to broker talks between the country’s warring parties. The January 20 announcement was made by the foreign ministry, which...