Various co-signatories

Dr. Lia Tadesse Minister of Health Ethiopia addressing journalists in August 2021. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2021/Mulugeta Ayene.

March 7, 2022

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Ethiopian journalists are taking a stand for press freedom in 2022

Over forty of our colleagues were arrested in 2021. In this open letter, we call on the government to respect media rights. We the undersigned Ethiopian ...

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declared a nationwide state of emergency and dissolved the transitional government in Sudan on 25 October 2021. Credit: Sudan TV.

Politics Sudan

By Various co-signatories

October 27, 2021

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We stand with Sudan’s people and demand more AU, IGAD, UN action

Scores of African institutions condemn the coup and call on international bodies to take more robust actions to avoid violence and suffering. We, the undersigned organisations ...

Small-scale farmers practising agroecological farming methods in Mali. Credit: Moussa-Magassa.

Climate crisis Economy

By Various co-signatories

September 15, 2021

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Open letter: The Green Revolution in Africa has unequivocally failed

200 organisations call on donors to stop supporting industrial agriculture and instead listen to farmers’ visions for an equitable food system. Dear donor representative, We, 35 ...

Ethiopia Tigray conflict open letter African intellectuals. The African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: Albert González Farran/UNAMID.

Ethiopia Politics

By Various co-signatories

August 26, 2021

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An open call by African intellectuals for urgent action on Ethiopia

Dismayed at the deteriorating conflict in Ethiopia, scores of African intellectuals call for dialogue and mediation. We write this letter as concerned African intellectuals on the ...

Politics Senegal

By Various co-signatories

March 12, 2021

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Senegal: Impunity for Macky Sall’s regime must end

A collective of Senegalese artists and academics calls for President Macky Sall to be held accountable for his crimes. Since the arrest of leading opposition politician ...

#EndSARS Nigeria Politics

By Various co-signatories

October 20, 2020

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Open Letter: African writers stand with #EndSARS protesters

Over a hundred African writers say justice must be served for victims of police brutality. As African writers across borders, we denounce in the strongest terms ...

Hopewell Chin'ono, the award-winning Zimbabwean journalist, was arrested on 20 July. Credit: Friends of Hopewell Chin'ono.

Politics Zimbabwe

By Various co-signatories

July 31, 2020

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#FreeHopewellNow: An open letter to the AU and SADC

Over a hundred African writers call on the AU and SADC to end their silence and suspend Zimbabwe. Dear African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and ...

At a Black Lives Matter protest. Credit: Jason Hargrove. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Society

By Various co-signatories

June 5, 2020

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An open letter from prominent Africans: We cannot remain silent

African artists, academics and leaders express solidarity following George Floyd’s murder and call for an increased relationship with black Americans. In these strange moments of uncertainty ...

An open letter from African intellectuals to Africa's leaders regarding coronavirus

Covid-19 Editor's Picks Society

By Various co-signatories

April 16, 2020

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COVID-19: An open letter from African intellectuals to Africa’s leaders

100 leading academics and writers call on leaders to govern with compassion and see the crisis as a chance for a radical change of direction. Read ...