Kampala, Uganda 23rd June 2022 Atrocities Watch Africa (AWA) is deeply concerned about recent hate speech in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Discourse instigating hatred, violence and discrimination of Kinyarwanda speakers both Rwandan and Congolese, calling on them to return to Rwanda, has become more common in the wake of the most recent March… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 5, June 2022 Read full newsletter here. Fighting continues in eastern Congo. Although ACLED reports fewer incidents and fatalities over the last four weeks than average over the past year,[1] new patterns of violence – including the resurgence of M23 rebels and increasing tensions with Rwanda raise serious concerns about… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 5, June 2022 Read full newsletter here. Violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has decreased when compared to the previous year. There has been a 38% decrease in violent incidents and fatalities during the last four weeks when compared to the monthly average of the previous year. During May… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 5, June 2022 Read full newsletter here. Violence increased in Cameroon in May, with an increase in both incidents and fatalities as compared to both April and the monthly average from the prior year.[1] In late April and early May, violent events concentrated in the Extreme-North and North-West provinces. In… View Article
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
Atrocities Watch Africa Monitor No 5, June 2022 Atrocities Watch Africa (AWA) is a non-partisan, civil society organisation that intends to provide continental leadership in matters pertaining to the prevention of mass atrocities within Africa, our strategies and approaches are grounded in the realisation that atrocities can be prevented through various interventions, including, but… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. During the first week of April, governmental military forces regained control of several localities in Bwisha, North Kivu, previously in the hands of M23.[1] The group had resumed their activities at the end of March and captured various villages in North Kivu. On… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. The long-awaited inaugural trial of the Special Criminal Court, tasked with trying individuals suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity since 2003, was supposed to start on 19 April,[1] but it was postponed twice and is now set to start on… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. Violence continued in the north-west and south-west regions, although the level decreased, with 25% fewer incidents and an almost 50% drop in fatalities during the last four weeks compared to the monthly average for the last year.[1] The government believes anglophone separatists have… View Article
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
Atrocities Watch Africa Monitor No 4, May 2022 Atrocities Watch Africa (AWA) is a non-partisan, civil society organisation that intends to provide continental leadership in matters pertaining to the prevention of mass atrocities within Africa, our strategies and approaches are grounded in the realisation that atrocities can be prevented through various interventions, including, but… View Article