Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack

CPRP | Board Chair Umoya MwaAfrica | Communication Executive | Non Profit Leadership | Decolonisation & Climate Activist | Feminist Theorist | Writer |

[Vincent SIMA OLE @VincentSimaOle]

African journalists and referee Artan being denied entry in the US for @FIFAWorldCup point to challenges facing Africans in participating to "the most inclusive" Cup. Are we Africans welcome at this Cup? Our take in the @mailandguardian with @ahmarmaiga08 https://t.co/PDMQIbGlTL

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

In Goma, Bukavu, and Nyiragongo, Rutshuru, and Masisi territories, M23 fighters conducted large scale ops, abducting people from the street, their homes, at meetings, churches, or schools, and holding them in makeshift detention facilities, military camps or undisclosed locations

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

There are multiple reasons why Sudan is the world's worst human crisis today, multiple bad actors. But the UAE is one of the worst, with its support for the brutal RSF militia committing mass murder and mass rape. Pres. Trump, having taken $500m from the UAE, is silent about it.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Human Rights Watch’s new report presents evidence showing that, since 2024, the Abu Dhabi-based security company, Global Security Services Group (GSSG) hired hundreds of Colombian private military contractors who deployed to Sudan to fight alongside the RSF, which is battling the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

[Minky Worden @MinkysHighjinks]

⚽ It’s 2 weeks until the @FIFAWorldCup kicks off on June 11. This largest-ever sporting event is beloved by many, but is unfolding against a backdrop of abusive ICE enforcement in the US, threats to media freedom, discrimination, and unmet human rights commitments by FIFA+16 host cities.

Planning to attend or watch?

Check out @HRW’s new "Reporters’ Guide to Covering the 2026 World Cup," for the 50,000+ journalists covering the events—and fans who want to be informed about the human rights of host nations
(🏆 yes, the cover is the ignominious “FIFA Peace Prize”!) https://t.co/vHcAoxKpSy

[Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack @MbongAFT]

#DRC

[Philippe Bolopion @Bolopion]

Fascinating week in the DR Congo, engaging with the authorities and civil society. The country feels at a crossroads, with a possible referendum that could allow the president to stay in power, all in the midst of a new wave of arbitrary arrests. https://t.co/KPmCtaPyCZ

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

In Liberia, only 17 percent of children complete grade 9, and 1 in 3 children never attend school at all.

In a new report, HRW documents that mandatory fees—despite a legal guarantee of free and compulsory education for grades 1 to 9—place a heavy financial burden on families and violate children’s right to education.

Read more from HRW: https://t.co/vyEbxmY11v

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

In Uvira #DRC, M23 and Rwandan forces went door to door searching for men and boys and carried out dozens of executions. We visited houses and other locations where the killings happened and spoke with witnesses and relatives to corroborate accounts @HRW

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

After taking control of Uvira in eastern #DRC, M23 fighters and Rwandan forces went door-to-door to summarily kill men and boys and committed rape and abductions. Criminal investigations are needed.

New @hrw report

https://t.co/rs4AlEQ72P

[Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack @MbongAFT]

#DRC Let freedom sing!

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

Deux mois de prison et 150.000 Fc d'amende pour les trois activistes de la @luchaRDC arrêtés pour avoir organisé une manifestation réclamant de l'eau potable à Bunia, à l'est de la #RDC. Ils n'auraient jamais dû être condamnés, mais ils sont libres. @hrw_fr

[Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack @MbongAFT]

#Rwanda

[Clementine de Montjoye @demontcl]

There are many reasons to question the circumstances surrounding Aimable Karasira’s death in custody, not least the years of harassment and persecution he experienced at the hands of #Rwanda’s authorities.

New communique for @hrw

https://t.co/jC4T02dPHi

[Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader]

The US, other governments looking to revive relations with #Eritrea should first ensure actual progress on ongoing abuses at home & abroad. Any step which removes pressure tools, scrutiny will just be a blank check for impunity @hrw https://t.co/qOmKuRayQc

[Robbie Newton @RobNewt96]

Less than 50 days until #WorldCup2026 in the US, Canada & Mexico and serious human rights risks 2 fans, players, journalists, workers & local communities remain unaddressed

Promises of the "safest" tournament mean little without concrete protections @hrw

https://t.co/uxjBqwZIvA

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, employment, and access to services.

[Minky Worden @MinkysHighjinks]

⚽️ With 167,000+ICE arrests in @FIFAWorldCup Host Cities, where are the mandatory “Human Rights Action Plans”?

New Human Rights Watch @HRW research for 2-month countdown to World Cup kick-off looks at US immigration enforcement in host cities, dragnet risks, and missing host city rights plans: https://t.co/7AQEUUxOKb

#NoICEintheCup @Sport_Rights #WorldCup

[Juliane Kippenberg @KippenbergJ]

Toxic lead from a Zambian mine has poisoned generations of children. This week @IHRDAfrica @hrw will spotlight the case & call for justice:

PANEL: Spotlight on Kabwe
🗓 16 April 09h00 – 10h40 with @likemike0077 @justrutz & Kabwe resident

Join online https://t.co/q6JxcVgQLy

[Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack @MbongAFT]

#Nigeria

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Scores of civilians were reportedly killed and many more injured when the Nigerian military conducted airstrikes against insurgents at a market in Yobe State, Nigeria.

Any harm to civilians should be transparently addressed.

[Nyagoah Tut Pur @Ny_Tut]

#SouthSudan warring parties in South Sudan are blocking aid and displacing civilians as conflict escalates. 267,000+ newly displaced in Jonglei alone in 2026, mostly women & children. Civilians should be protected and humanitarian access guaranteed. https://t.co/BRm3ecPCJy

[Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack @MbongAFT]

#SouthSudan

[Laetitia Bader @LaetitiaBader]

South Sudan's peacekeeping mission is up for renewal. Amid escalating conflict, massive civilian protection concerns, it shld be a done deal, but between UN cash flow issues & US questions around the mandate, it may not be. New @hrw oped https://t.co/FvmJfVwgFs

[ilaria allegrozzi @ilariallegro]

#BurkinaFaso 🧵
New @hrw report describes how all warrying parties – gvt forces, VDPs and JNIM – have made the killing of civilians a key tactic of their strategies.

They have all committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in complete impunity.
https://t.co/Zvh9tSX6dv
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