Chad: Social media blackout aimed at restricting protests enters second year
The restrictions on social media were imposed in 2018 after protests broke out over recommendations from parliament that would have enabled president Idriss Deby to stay in power till 2033
Report chronicles killings and sexual violence in EU-funded Libyan refugee detention centers
The Women’s Refugee Commission report details the atrocities faced by refugees in camps in Libya, and the brutality of the Libyan Coast Guard, both of which have been financed by the European Union in an attempt to prevent the inflow of refugees
Guineans launch complaint against International Finance Corporation for backing land grab and destruction of livelihood
In the complaint, the communities demanded an independent meditation process in which they can freely express their views and put forward their positions without fear of reprisals.
‘The Sudanese uprising will continue till the regime is dismantled’
In an interview with Peoples Dispatch, Dr. Fathi Elfad, secretary of information bureau of the Sudanese Community Party, says that the uprising in the country will not be satisfied with the mere resignation of president Omar al-Bashir and seeks to end the entire regime
Workers in Lesotho’s ‘garments’ sector threaten strike
The workers in two of the Nien Hsing’s six factories demand the creation of a separate fabric and paper mill sector, the activities of which are wrongly classified under garment sector, which has the lowest pay.
At least 1,000 Zimbabweans arrested during January protests are still behind bars
As many as 995 protesters have been denied bail and continue to languish in prison. Recent reports have revealed the extent of cruelty by security forces on the people of the country, as well as the targeting of leaders of trade unions and social movements
University of Zambia employees on strike over unpaid salaries
For a decade, the government has been systematically under-funding the university, and has threatened the students’ and teachers’ unions for protesting.
“The uprising in Sudan is building on decades of protests against the regime”
As protests intensify in Sudan against president Omar al-Bashir, Peoples Dispatch talks to Dr. Fathi Elfad of the Sudanese Communist Party, who was recently released from prison, on the origins of the uprising and the repression unleashed by the state