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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

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Internet blackout on Election Day: Museveni prepares his umpteenth electoral putsch!

The Ugandan people are electing today, Thursday, December 14, 2021, their President and parliamentarians. The presidential polls pits the outgoing hea…

14 janvier 2021Read

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AfricTivistes Civic Engagement Tour West Africa kicks off in Nouakchott

The training of trainers of the AfricTivistes Civic Engagement Tour-West Africa programme started on 4 January 2021 in Nouakchott. The session will us…

5 janvier 2021Read

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Museveni must put an end to violent crackdown on media, opposition in Uganda

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has put a ban in 13 districts on public campaigns ahead of the January 14, 2021 general elections in Uganda where Presid…

29 décembre 2020Read

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A pro-democracy activist arrested in Togo: Faure Gnassingbé ‘s abuses must end !

Since 28 November 2020, the West African Regional Coordinator of Women, Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF/FeDDAF-AO), Mrs. Kafui ADJAMAGBO-JOHNSON…

17 décembre 2020Read

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Ghana pledges to #KeepItOn during elections, civil society is watching

The Republic of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has pledged to keep the internet and digital communications tools accessible and open …

3 décembre 2020Read