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Rosebell Kagumire, the Ugandan winner of the 2018 AfricTivistes Prize

Rosebell Kagumire is a feminist writer, communication specialist, and activist. She is the curator and editor of African Feminism, an online platform …

14 avril 2023Read

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Summit for Democracy in Costa Rica: AfricTivistes presents the youth participation and engagement roadmap

Le deuxième Sommet pour la démocratie s’est tenu en Zambie, au Costa Rica, au Pays-Bas, en République de Corée et aux États-Unis les 29 et 30 mars 202…

7 avril 2023Read

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Meet the 2021 AfricTivistes champion, Fatouma Harber, the northern Malian human rights warrior

Fatouma Harber is a Malian human rights defender, teacher and blogger based in Timbuktu, northern Mali. In 2012, while armed Islamist groups occupied …

29 mars 2023Read

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Sénégal: Defense and Consolidation of Democratic Achievements

AfricTivistes and more than 60 other civil society, citizen and political organisations, trade unions and opinion leaders join forces to defend and co…

25 mars 2023Read

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A citizen innovation laboratory for Mauritanian civil society

AfricTivistes hosted a seminar on 20 February 2023 in Nouakchott, Mauritania to launch the AfricTivistes CitizenLab under the theme “Digital for citiz…

3 mars 2023Read

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Shame on Tunisian President for his hateful and racist speech towards sub-Saharan migrants

On Tuesday 21 February 2023, the Tunisian President, Kaïs Saïed, violently attacked sub-Saharan Africans during a National Security Council session. H…

24 février 2023Read

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One term too many?

While West Africa has entered a period of particularly serious political and security tensions, Senegal seemed to be one of the last countries in the …

23 février 2023Read

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AfricTivists launches CitizenLab Mauritania

AfricTivistes launches CitizenLab Mauritania project on February 20, 2023 in Nouakchott under the theme: “Make digital work for citizen engagement and…

7 février 2023Read

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AfricTivistes deplores the assassination of journalist Martinez Zogo in Cameroon

The year 2022 was particularly dark for journalists all over Africa, harassed, oppressed and arrested. The year 2023 begins with a heinous crime. Cam…

26 janvier 2023Read