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AfricTivistes strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of journalists Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah in Togo

On Friday, December 10, 2021, Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah, respectively directors of publication of L’Alternative and Fraternité, were charged and p…

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Highlights of the Third AfricTivistes Summit

AfricTivistes held its third Summit in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) on 11, 12 and 13 November 2021 under the theme “Promoting the development and democrati…

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AfricTivistes urges Burkina government to stop recurrent internet blackouts!

For the past two weeks, the Burkinabe government has been cutting the internet in the country. In a press release issued on 22 November 2021, the Mini…

16 décembre 2021Read

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ONLINE LAUNCH: Civic Tech Fund Africa

SAVE THE DATE! Supporting democratic governance through innovative civic participation: Introducing the CivicTech Fund Africa Online launch event 30 …

16 décembre 2021Read

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Using digital technology to foster democracy, human rights and freedom of the press

Democracy, human rights and freedom of the press are recurrent themes in the life and work of Aisha Dabo. With support from partners including the Dut…

22 novembre 2021Read

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AfricTivistes Civic Action Prize, a prize to reward African youth committed to their community

AfricTivistes seeks to reward young role models and actors of change to encourage emulation among all African youth. We intend, through the AfricTivis…

22 novembre 2021Read

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Call for Applications for The Gambia – AfricTivistes Civic Engagement Tour ACET-West Africa

AfricTivistes Civic Engagement Tour (#ACET West Africa) is a series of capacity-building workshops for young people living in West Africa interested i…

23 mars 2021Read

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[Senegal] Democracy in crisis: Arrests, Threats to human rights and press freedom

Mass public protests marred by violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement have been noted throughout the Senegalese territory. Participant…

6 mars 2021Read

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Internet outage and post-election tensions in Niger: What is the outgoing regime up to?

On Wednesday, February 24th, the Niger National and Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) declared the candidate of the ruling party, Mohamed Bazoum…

4 mars 2021Read