Adozinda Esmeralda Maviga, talks about how young people in Mozambique are taking a stand, defending human rights, advocating for electoral integrity, and envisioning a better future for their country.

Part 1

How Madagascar is failing climate changed induced displaced persons from the Androy region and why France needs moral courage to face its colonial past and the role it has played in the cyclical droughts.

New report out now

Part two

We bid farewell to Deprose Muchena and Sarah Jackson. They reflect on their time at Amnesty International and what they think are Africa's key priority human rights issues.

Omhle Ntishingila started her activism while at the university.  She now spends her time defending the right to protest in her home country South Africa.

Omhle Ntishingila started her activism while at the university.  She now spends her time defending the right to protest in her home country South Africa.

2025 EU Human Rights Defender's Award winner, activist and law student Aloikin Praise Opoloje discusses activism in a time of shrinking civic space in Uganda.

This week, we introduce "Good Trouble" a series of podcasts from Deprose's office to the Amnesty in Africa podcast.

Saudi Arabia is home to nearly 4 million domestic workers, including 1.2 million women and 2.7 million men from Africa and Asia who play an essential role in enabling the country’s economic development and supporting family life. Yet, the experiences of Kenyan women outlined in Amnesty's latest report (if you can hyperlink it) illustrate how many of these workers endure gruelling, abusive and discriminatory working conditions, often amounting to forced labour and human trafficking.

The episode focuses on women’s rights 30 years since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995. We explore the progress made by women in Africa, with a special focus on East and Southern Africa, as well as the setbacks they face in achieving gender equality. It also explores in length Conflict Related Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, as well as peacebuilding and the role of women at the dialogue table.

Resources

Beijing Platform for Action

Ethiopia: “Today or tomorrow, they should be brought before justice”: Rape, sexual slavery, extrajudicial executions, and pillage by Eritrean Defense Forces

DRC: M23’s rampant human rights abuses demand concerted international action

Part 1

Just over two years since the brutal murder of Eswatini lawyer Thulani Maseko, his killers have yet to be brought to justice. Authorities have escalated their crackdown on human rights, often using force to quash opposition, dissent and legitimate concerns of the people

Part 2

In Uganda - the militarisation of justice continues, while in the DRC, thousands of civilians are once again on the run for safety as conflict claims lives.

This episode runs in two segments.

Segment one

The African Union in focus - we take a look at the AU's human rights record and the challenges ahead for the new office holders, as the continental body heads to elections in February.

Segment two

Protect the protest campaign - Amnesty's latest research on how police in Angola use violence to clamp down on protests.