The HRW report said government troops or non-state armed groups have been connected to atrocities against civilians in at least 15 armed conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Mali, Burkina Faso, and South Sudan.Īuthorities in transitional governments, such as Chad and Sudan, have “cracked down on peaceful political dissent and criticism,” the report said. “African leaders failed to tackle widespread abuses against civilians by state security forces and non-state armed groups and insufficiently prioritized justice efforts for victims of atrocities across the continent,” HRW said in its World Report 2023.Ĭountless civilians remain “caught up in conflict with nowhere to turn” due to lax efforts to address the plethora of crises plaguing the continent, said Mausi Segun, HRW’s Africa director. The threat of violence, rights abuses, military coups, and armed conflict remains pervasive in Africa “against a backdrop of backsliding on democratic safeguards and rule of law,” according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
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