Africans Rising Delivers Speech at Opening Session of Good Governance Conference in Benin

Africans Rising Delivers Speech at Opening Session of Good Governance Conference in Benin

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From July 8 – 10, 2021, Africans Rising participated in the “2nd sub-regional citizen summit: Strengthening of solidarity action by African CSOs for better governance practices and the effective application of Protocol of Democracy and Good Governance of ECOWAS” in Cotonou, Benin. As a part of…

Africans Rising est en solidarité avec les mouvements sénégalais qui luttent contre les nouvelles lois antiterroristes.  – #ManifesterestunDroit #aarsunudémocratie

Africans Rising est en solidarité avec les mouvements sénégalais qui luttent contre les nouvelles lois antiterroristes. – #ManifesterestunDroit #aarsunudémocratie

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Le vendredi 25 juin, l’assemblée nationale sénégalaise a approuvé deux nouvelles lois du code pénal sénégalais qui, selon les autorités, visent à renforcer la lutte contre le terrorisme. Cependant, de nombreux mouvements et activistes de la société civile sénégalaise protestent…

Africans Rising stands in solidarity with Senegalese movements against new anti-terrorism laws  – #ManifesterestunDroit #aarsunudémocratie

Africans Rising stands in solidarity with Senegalese movements against new anti-terrorism laws – #ManifesterestunDroit #aarsunudémocratie

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Friday, June 25, the Senegalese national assembly approved two new laws in the Senegalese penal code which they say will help the country fight terrorism. However, many civil society movements and activists are protesting against these new laws, which…

Le Sénégal a adopté une loi qui criminalise l’esclavage : Voici pourquoi cela est important.

Le Sénégal a adopté une loi qui criminalise l’esclavage : Voici pourquoi cela est important.

[vc_row][vc_column][vcmp_buttons vcmp_button_type=”d-button-mini” vcmp_button_text=”English” vcmp_button_url=”https://africansrising.org/senegal-has-a-law-criminalizing-slavery-here-is-why-that-matters/” vcmp_button_icon_show=”vcmp-icon-show” vcmp_button_icon=”adtheme-icon-file” vcmp_button_align=”vcmp-align-left” vcmp_button_border_type=”vcmp-border-round” vcmp_button_text_color=”#ffffff” vcmp_button_background_color=”#00591f” vcmp_button_border_color=”#000000″][vc_single_image image=”15469″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Cela fait maintenant onze ans que l’Assemblée Nationale du Sénégal a adopté une loi déclarant la traite atlantique et l’esclavage du peuple africain comme un crime…

Senegal has a law criminalizing slavery: Here is why that matters

Senegal has a law criminalizing slavery: Here is why that matters

[vc_row][vc_column][vcmp_buttons vcmp_button_type=”d-button-mini” vcmp_button_text=”Français” vcmp_button_url=”https://africansrising.org/le-senegal-a-adopte-une-loi-qui-criminalise-lesclavage-voici-pourquoi-cela-est-important/” vcmp_button_icon_show=”vcmp-icon-show” vcmp_button_icon=”adtheme-icon-file” vcmp_button_align=”vcmp-align-left” vcmp_button_border_type=”vcmp-border-round” vcmp_button_text_color=”#ffffff” vcmp_button_background_color=”#00591f” vcmp_button_border_color=”#000000″][vc_single_image image=”15469″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]It has been eleven years since Senegal’s National Assembly passed a law declaring the Atlantic slave trade and the enslavement of African people a crime against…

Africans Rising East Africa Regional Convening

Africans Rising East Africa Regional Convening

[vc_row][vc_column][dfd_heading style=”style_01″ title_font_options=”tag:h5″ subtitle_font_options=”tag:h3|color:%23000000″ subtitle=”25 & 26 March – 11 – 14h EAT”]Theme: Enhancing Solidarity towards Building the Africa We Want[/dfd_heading][vc_single_image image=”15180″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://bit.ly/3louWcw”][vc_column_text]Africans Rising is hosting a two-day regional convening in East Africa to discuss women’s leadership and…

Africans Rising appelle à la libération des prisonniers politiques et au respect du droit de manifester au Sénégal – #FreeSenegal

Africans Rising appelle à la libération des prisonniers politiques et au respect du droit de manifester au Sénégal – #FreeSenegal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”15158″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nous avons suivi avec consternations les arrestations des membres de la société civile sénégalaise ces dernières semaines. Les traitements violents réservés à certains comme Guy Marius Sagna sont des actes dégradants pour le Sénégal. Les décès dont celui…

Africans Rising calls for the release of political prisoners and respect for the right to protest in Senegal – #FreeSenegal

Africans Rising calls for the release of political prisoners and respect for the right to protest in Senegal – #FreeSenegal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”15158″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We have followed with dismay the recent arrests of members of Senegalese civil society and the violent treatment reserved for activists like Guy Marius Sagna is degrading for Senegal. The death of the young demonstrator Ousmane Coly in…

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