Fighting against longstanding structures of discrimination and slavery, Mauritania’s Haratines strive for civil liberties and equal rights.
Category: Violation Category
Ethnic Conflict in Ubari: Kel Tamasheq and Tebu
Conflict between the two ethnic groups in Libya has caused mass displacement in the southwestern town of Ubari.
State-based Discrimination Against Tebu and Amazigh Libyans
Even in a post-Ghaddafi world, Libya’s non-Arab ethnic minorities face language, citizenship, and cultural discrimination supported by law.
Wagner Abuses Against Fulani and Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) Communities
With the reignition of conflict in the wake of Wagner-Junta aggression, Mali’s Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) and Fulani communities are under attack.
Kenyan Pastoralists vs. Northern Rangelands Trust
The Northern Rangelands Trust’s carbon sequestration project in Kenya raises concerns about land displacement and human rights violations.
Disappearance of Lake Chad
Basarwa vs. Moremi Game Reserve
Basarwa people in Botswana face loss of land and livelihood due to the development of the large game reserve in the Okavango Delta.
Palm Oil Production in Cameroon
East African Crude Oil Pipeline
The EACOP, undertaken by Total Energies, has displaced thousands of indigenous peoples in Uganda and Tanzania from their homes
Eritrean Afar in Dankalia
Facing government-sanctioned ethnic violence, mass sexual abuse, and the seizure of property, the Eritrean Afar are an indigenous people trapped by a repressive government. Combined with a blockade of their homeland, the Afar condition only worsens.