West Africa: Further Crackdowns by Military Juntas

Click to expand Image Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré (R) arrives at an airport in Moscow, Russia on May 8, 2025. © 2025 Grigory Sysoev / RIA Novosti/Anadolu via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Leaders in several West African countries increased crackdowns on freedoms as they strengthened their hold on power in 2025, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026.In Nigeria and the Sahel, Islamist armed groups and government forces and their allies repeatedly attacked civilians and civilian infrastructure at a time when the Sahel juntas have expelled regional and international bodies…

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