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Published in: 50.50: OpinionSenegal failing to tackle misogyny amid growing violence against women
A Facebook group of men bonding over misogyny recently shocked the nation – but accountability is unlikely
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy ‘liberal peacebuilding’ isn’t delivering for DR Congo’s ethnic minorities
Focus on elections, investment and climate change has ignored serious threats to vulnerable Congolese groups
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Published in: Home: FeatureWhy Africa signed up for eight new fossil fuel projects at COP27
African leaders say oil and gas projects will provide energy security and jobs. Their true effects are more sinister
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Published in: Home: InvestigationUK overseas aid still invested in fossil fuels – two years after climate pledge
Revealed: Records show the FCDO’s British International Investment fund has continued to back major polluters
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Published in: Home: FeatureThe Global South needs urgent action on COP27’s loss and damage deal
Exclusive: Farmers suffering worst droughts in 40 years tell openDemocracy how their communities are being destroyed
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGhana’s legal chief signals support for anti-LGBTIQ bill in blow for equality
Godfred Yeboah Dame criticised some clauses as unconstitutional, but backed the proposed law in principle
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionEurope’s migration policies are about limiting Black freedom
OPINION: Border policies and hellish journeys are meant to control African movement in space and time
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Published in: 50.50: NewsTwitter firings have ‘serious consequences’ for rights, campaigners warn
Twitter’s disbanding of its Africa office and human rights team poses a threat to information across the continent
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisHow gendered violence is used to try to silence Zimbabwe’s female politicians
Men are weaponising online abuse and physical violence to keep women’s voices out of politics
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Published in: Home: AnalysisPriti Patel’s deportations deal with Zimbabwe is putting lives at risk
Successive hard-right home secretaries have created a Home Office that prioritises immigration figures over human rights
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Published in: 50.50: NewsDeath of 14-year-old triggers protests for abortion rights in Morocco
Moroccan feminists are protesting both online and offline to kickstart stalled reforms to abortion rights and more
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat it was like to be a refugee in Rwanda
OPINION: After Libya, Rwanda felt like freedom – but then the problems started
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIl est temps pour le Rwanda de donner une chance à la non-violence
OPINION : Une vieille tradition de recours de la violence pour gagner et conserver le pouvoir a plongé le Rwanda...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionIt’s time for Rwanda to give non-violence a chance
A long history of using violence to win and retain power has left Rwanda trapped in an impossible cycle
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisYoung Nigerians struggle to disrupt old power at upcoming election
Millions of young people have registered to vote, but the candidates in next year’s election are old and limited
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhy Africans can’t mourn the death of a colonial queen
OPINION: Why should we forget our pain and absolve Queen Elizabeth of her role in the destruction of Africa?
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Published in: Home: AnalysisBeyond Syria and Iraq: Islamist paramilitaries gain ground in Africa
Western focus on Ukraine has eclipsed reporting on escalating Jihadist activity across the Sahel and East Africa
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat lies behind Kenyan president-elect William Ruto’s homophobia
Ruto says there is no room for homosexuality in a ‘republic that worships God’. But it’s not just about religion
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisKenya’s election is being lauded as ‘historic’ for women – that’s not true
Kenya’s election result falls far short of its own quota on women’s representation
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisReligious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law
Religious leaders have gutted a progressive sexual offences law, creating a new version that permits child marriage