Human Rights Watch respectfully seeks leave to submit an amicus curiae to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereafter the Court) in relation to its forthcoming advisory opinion on the human rights obligations of states in the context of the climate change crisis. Our research shows that climate change already negatively affects communities…
The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve resistance to the poisons that people use to kill them. In particular, the mosquito-borne disease malaria kills over 600,000 people annually. Since…
Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) President Dr Patrice Motsepe has expressed his and CAF’s gratitude to outgoing General Secretary, Véron Mosengo-Omba who has left the role after over five successful years. Mosengo-Omba will be replaced on an interim basis by Samson Adamu, while the process to appoint a permanent General Secretary is undertaken. Dr Motsepe told the media…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses profound sorrow upon learning of the passing of H.E. Liamine Zeroual, former President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, who departed on yesterday evening. The AUC Chairperson extends heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Algeria, as well as to the…
Former Algerian President Zeroual Dies at 84 Algeria has announced three days of national mourning after the death of former president Liamine Zeroual at the age of 84. Born in Batna in 1941, he served in the National Liberation Army during the fight for independence from France. He later led a transitional government during…
littlefish raised $9.5 million in a Series A round to expand its merchant operating system across African markets. The round was led by Partech, with participation from TLcom Capital, Flourish Ventures and Proparco. Founded in 2021 by Brandon Roberts and Miod Davith Kahwa, the company provides a platform that connects banks with merchants by integrating…
By any reasonable standard, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decision to penalize Senegal for their walkout is not just controversial—it is emblematic of a deeper institutional failure that African football can no longer afford to ignore. As CAF president Patrice Motsepe prepares to issue a formal statement, the question is not simply whether Senegal…
Global mobile money transactions surpassed US$2-trillion in 2025, doubling in just four years, according to the GSMA’s latest State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money. The mobile telecommunications industry body said it took 20 years for mobile money to reach its first trillion dollars in annual transaction value, but only four years to double…
The United Nations General Assembly is due to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would designate the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, a move that supporters describe as both historic and essential to global healing. Backed strongly by African nations, the initiative at the UN seeks not only to…
On 15 March, the Republic of Congo staged its fifth presidential election since Denis Sassou Nguesso reclaimed power after the 1997 civil war. Few citizens bothered to participate. He was declared victor on 17 March with 94.82% of the vote, despite his long record of corruption, economic mismanagement, and human rights abuses. When his new…
