Government blocks RightsCon 2026 conference saying it did not ‘align with national values’

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Human rights activist Oleg Orlov was arrested after he called Russia a totalitarian and fascist country. He fears that Russia is heading towards the return of the death penalty and urges European offi...

A revolution in unmanned drone systems is reshaping the dynamics of Africa’s conflicts, providing militaries tactical advantages but also risks.

A sanctioned shadow fleet oil tanker has drifted for a week outside Norway's far northern Varanger Peninsula. 'It is not a question of if, but when, an accident will happen along our coast,' says Frod...

L’organisation NewsGuard a dévoilé jeudi l’existence d’une opération de désinformation qui est parvenue, chose rare, à atteindre une importante audience. Son étude montre également que des chatbots ré...

Stolen identities were used to write pro-Russian articles in Africa.

“I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X yesterday, after learning that his name appears on a list of wanted terrori...

Cette communauté, cible de massacres la semaine dernière à Solenzo, est souvent stigmatisée, accusée de composer le gros des rangs des groupes djihadistes qui endeuillent le Sahel.

Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of Solenzo on March 10...

Niger's junta has ordered three Chinese officials working in the oil sector to leave the country, two sources familiar with the decision told Reuters on Friday, in the latest move by regional military governments to assert greater control over resources.

L’explosion démographique, l’échec de la gouvernance et la pauvreté endémique créent un terrain idéal pour un État djihadiste.

By arming civilians who are poorly trained and have little to no respect for human rights, the military in Burkina Faso has brought the West African nation to the brink of civil war.

Point de passage obligé pour des milliers de camions provenant du port de Lomé, au Togo, via le nord du Burkina Faso, Téra est devenu l’épicentre des violences djihadistes au Niger.

Après la fermeture de la dernière base américaine au Niger en août, il y restait « une vingtaine de personnes » pour assurer le retrait du matériel militaire. Leur départ met un point final à la présence militaire américaine dans le pays dirigé depuis…

The controversial agreement requires a delicate balancing act from the tiny African nation in the current global context.