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Today in Africa — October 20, 2025: Zimbabwe Moves to Extend President’s Term, Thousands Attend Raila Odinga’s Burial, Nigeria Marks Five Years Since Lekki Massacre
20 Oct 2025 19:43 GMT
… from that night, while human rights groups cite a “culture … shows schools, mosques, and displacement shelters reduced to rubble, … border travel within southern Africa and have launched surveillance … . Namibia joins 17 African countries currently battling active …
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UN cautions Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency situation
17 Oct 2025 20:59 GMT
… a “serious and ongoing human rights crisis,” threatening the … Experts on People of African Descent – was sent … , required prostitution and displacement connected to prohibited mining … violence and violations of human rights accompany mercury contamination and …
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American Fact-Finding Team Confirms Religious Killings In Nigeria As Group Makes Recommendations To Tinubu Govt
21 Oct 2025 08:40 GMT
… campaign of violence and displacement in Northern and Middle … Nigeria but the wider African region and Western nations. … professionalism and respect for human rights. Disarm jihadist militias and … consequences will spread beyond Africa to Europe, America, and …
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Africa Must Lead Transition Minerals Conversation at COP30
17 Oct 2025 19:13 GMT
… , unsafe working conditions, and displacement.
In Ghana, where artisanal … harmonize standards on environmental and human rights protections, back multilateral governance frameworks … collective strength through the African Group of Negotiators and regional …
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Formal statement on widespread violence, displacement in Nigeria
17 Oct 2025 06:27 GMT
… to journalists, international observers, human rights bodies, and policymakers in the … , encompassing organized massacres, forced displacement, and the strategic occupation of … 47;www.crisisgroup.org/africa/;west-africa/;nigeria/302-herders …
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ECOWAS And The Gambia To Support Refugees, Host Communities
20 Oct 2025 23:17 GMT
… the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Gambia … uphold human rights, dignity, and security for all individuals affected by displacement and …
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Q&A: ‘Balancing between China and the US will be increasingly difficult’
20 Oct 2025 17:53 GMT
… the concept of economic displacement matters, how it is … do you define ‘economic displacement’ in the context of relations … to similar processes in Africa and Southeast Asia. In … Boric, who raises objections on human rights and the environment.
Ultimately, …
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The Roots of Zohran Mamdani’s Rage
20 Oct 2025 16:50 GMT
… imperial rulers and native Africans, a structure that divided … intermediaries. The family’s displacement became a defining element … Kwame Nkrumah, the pan-African revolutionary.
In 1996, Mahmood … rather than reliance on Western human rights frameworks.
By 2022, …
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Does Reebok support Israel? The controversial IFA deal and global boycott backlash
20 Oct 2025 16:23 GMT
… The rhebok was an African antelope used to show … historical Nakba and Palestinian displacement, Palestinian activists and the … Reebok–Israel logo issue. Human rights organizations and activists around … over the years by human rights activists, student groups, …
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Uganda’s golden smokescreen: The real cost of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
20 Oct 2025 15:25 GMT
… one of the largest African countries and one of … several sources note the mass displacement of people, many of … accounts align with reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW), which supports … Congolese citizens who suffer mass displacement, sexual violence, and …