From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. The tense standoff between the post-coup government and pro-democracy forces continued through April. Overall levels of violence remained similar to earlier months according to ACLED reporting. Factions aligned with the military proposed a deal to form a transitional government that would bypass pro-democracy… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. Violence continued in South Sudan at similar levels to prior months, according to ACLED data. After increasing tensions throughout March and pressure from donors and international partners, Kiir and Machar met on 8 April to discuss the revitalisation of the integration of security… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. Violence in Somalia increased in April in the run up to the presidential elections in May. According to ACLED, 190 battles occurred in April 2022, more than in any month in 2021 or in the first three months of 2022. At the same… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. The situation in Ethiopia has been generally calm although unpredictable. Despite the declaration of a “humanitarian truce” over a month ago, humanitarian aid is not steadily reaching northern Ethiopia, the federal government has insisted that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) withdraw to… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor N° 4, May 2022 Read full newsletter here. On 5 April 2022, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch released a joint report based on information collected between November 2020 and March 2022 through 427 interviews and other research. The report[1] establishes a clear pattern of ethnic cleansing[2] of Tigrayans from Western… View Article
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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
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) 19 May 2022 Sudan: Ensure continued public debates on the human rights situation Excellencies, Following the military coup of 25 October 2021,[1] the UN Human Rights Council took urgent action by holding a special session, on 5… View Article
18 May 2022 Your excellency, We, the undersigned, write on behalf of our members across the African continent and concerned Africans everywhere to ask you to provide leadership in ending the ongoing war in Ethiopia. Since November 2020, the federal government under Prime Minister Abiy has been fighting against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF),… View Article
From Atrocities Watch Monitor No. 3 April 2022. Read full newsletter here During March, conflict in Jebel Moon, West Darfur, cost the lives of at least 48 people and more than 12,000 were displaced.217 Clashes broke out on 10 March and at least 35 people were killed during the second week of the month. Insecurity has… View Article