The Kenyan government removes the eTA requirement for African nationals.

Vulnerable groups, including women and children, often bear the brunt of the violence.

As ECOWAS reaches its 50-year anniversary, the departure of these three Sahel states sends ominous shocks through Africa’s strongest regional bloc. Many onlookers worry about the stability of the region and what this means for the future. Human rights advocates, in particular, see that the already grim situation in the three countries is likely to deteriorate.

2021 saw a notable increase in national movements advancing reproductive freedoms. At the forefront of the year’s victories are young activists from East Asia and Latin America.

Women have been a leading force in the pro-democracy protests raging throughout Minsk since Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s inauguration in September 2020.