Sub-Saharan Africa
Mar 01, 2021
In Nigeria’s Largest-Ever Kidnapping of Schoolgirls, Gunfire, Screams and a Familiar AnguishGlobal NewsWall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-nigerias-largest-ever-abduction-of-schoolgirls-gunfire-screams-and-a-familiar-anguish-11614610580Feb 26, 2021
Massacre by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray region may constitute crime against humanity, Amnesty saysGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/25/tigray-eritrea-ethiopia-crime-against-humanity/Feb 22, 2021
Exiled Rwandan Opposition Figure Killed in South AfricaGlobal NewsWall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exiled-rwandan-opposition-figure-killed-in-south-africa-11614015999Feb 21, 2021
Violent attack as Niger’s voters select a new presidentGlobal NewsAssociated Press
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/niger-voters-return-to-polls-in-second-round-for-president/2021/02/21/eef40772-7428-11eb-9489-8f7dacd51e75_story.htmlFeb 19, 2021
Somali security forces fire on protest over delayed electionGlobal NewsAssociated Press
https://apnews.com/article/mohamed-abdullahi-mohamed-national-elections-elections-africa-somalia-fd063e7b52ef62f63ebe0ef1039547d9Feb 19, 2021
South Africa’s president fights own party over corruptionGlobal NewsAssociated Press
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-cyril-ramaphosa-africa-south-africa-courts-9536bc1063cc5cb748a7b16b0081dff3Feb 17, 2021
UN urges Uganda to probe reporters’ beating at rights officeGlobal NewsAssociated Press
https://apnews.com/article/uganda-kampala-journalists-united-nations-bobi-wine-f3aaaa22b3972e310cfd1851b2b033d7Feb 16, 2021
US Navy seizes large cache of smuggled weapons off SomaliaGlobal NewsThe Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-navy-seizes-large-cache-of-smuggled-weapons-off-somalia/2021/02/16/1a6d5998-7088-11eb-8651-6d3091eac63f_story.htmlFeb 16, 2021
International Court Accuses Two Central African Militia Leaders of Attacks on MuslimsGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/world/africa/central-african-militia-leaders-appear-at-international-criminal-court.htmlFeb 15, 2021
Zuma Risks Arrest After Defying South Africa Corruption InquiryGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/world/africa/zuma-corruption-imprisonment-threat.htmlFeatured Publications
2021
In Brief: Beyond COVID-19: A Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social JusticeUN Women
https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2021/brief-plan-for-equal-en.pdf?la=en&vs=4300Sep 25, 2020
Access to justice and the COVID-19 pandemicOECD
https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=136_136486-rcd8m6dvng&title=Access-to-justice-and-the-COVID-19-pandemic&_ga=2.172033184.2029195142.1626275178-1139618518.1626100939July 2020
Use of New Technologies for Consistent and Proactive Screening of Vulnerable PopulationsVulnerable PopulationsUnited Nations University Institute in Macau
https://i.unu.edu/media/cs.unu.edu/page/4740/AppriseReport_FINAL.pdf