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[Senegal] AfricTivistes urges respect for commitments in ongoing amnesty law debate

On Tuesday, 11 March 2025, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Senegal, El Malick Ndiaye, announced the submission of a bill on the interpretation…

25 mars 2025Read

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[Guinea-Bissau] West african CSOs, denounce constitutional manipulations and alert on the political crisis

We, civil society organisations from West Africa, committed to democratic values and the rule of law, denounce constitutional manipulations and raise …

17 mars 2025Read

AfricTivists Citizen LabDigitalize youth

Call for Applications to Strengthen Citizen Participation through Digital Technologies and Civic Engagement in West and Central Africa

Context and Presentation In recent years in Africa, the decline of democratic governance—particularly the shrinking of civic space, digital surveillan…

11 mars 2025Read

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Charter Project Africa: AfricTivistes Serving Active and Engaged Citizenship

From 2021 to 2024, AfricTivistes, through the Charter Project Africa, implemented several initiatives aimed at encouraging the use of civic technologi…

11 mars 2025Read

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AfricTivistes empowers African youth through Digitalise Youth

As civic space shrinks and disinformation spreads across the Sahel and neighbouring regions, five organisations including AfricTivistes unveil Digital…

10 mars 2025Read

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Sóobu, the platform showcasing electoral civic initiatives in Africa

As the integrity of elections—often a source of political and social instability—remains a challenge on the African continent, AfricTivistes launches …

10 mars 2025Read

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AfricTivistes, Harmattan Forum partner to rethink African migration for sustainable development

From 19 to 21 February, AfricTivistes and six content producers from the Dialogue Migration platform took part in the 6th edition of the Harmattan For…

28 février 2025Read

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Researchers diagnose the decline of democracy in Africa

Following the publication of the Observatoire AfricTivistes de la Démocratie book, AfricTivistes organised a webinar on Tuesday, 8 February, to share…

28 février 2025Read

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A Continent, An Institution, A Thousand Challenges: The African Union Facing Its Duties

During the 38th summit of African Union (AU) heads of state and government in Addis Ababa on 15 February, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Foreign Minister of D…

20 février 2025Read