[CPJ] Dakar -- Burkinabe authorities must revoke the military conscription of journalists Issaka Lingani and Yacouba Ladji Bama and ensure the safety of journalist Boureima Ouedraogo in the face of kidnap threats, the Committee to Protect Journalists...

[Namibian] Eight out of every 10 children in Namibia do not have enough water to meet their daily needs.

[DW] The Burkinabe junta has requisitioned critics, activists and journalists for its anti-jihadist fight, but rights groups say the "general mobilization" is a strategy to silence dissenting voices.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its crackdown on dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Between November 4 and 5, 2023, the Burkinabe security forces notified in...

[African Arguments] Authoritarianism is on the rise, coups back in fashion, and elections reduced to a perfunctory ritual. How do we reverse the slide?