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Author: Various co-signatories

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  • OPINIONTop storyUganda
    By Various co-signatories
    April 20, 2023
    1622
    2

    Open letter from leading scientists and academics to President Museveni: “the science is clear – homosexuality is natural and normal”

    Dear President Museveni, You recently made a call for a scientific opinion to establish if homosexuality is natural, or learned – to help you determine whether ...
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  • An ecosocial manifesto. Climate activists from the Global South protest outside COP27 in Egypt in 2022. Credit: Friends of the Earth International.
    Climate
    By Various co-signatories
    March 3, 2023
    1327
    0

    A manifesto for an ecosocial energy transition from the South

    Movements from the Global South critique the existing neocolonial energy model and offer a just alternative. An appeal to leaders, institutions, and our brothers and sisters. ...
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  • Dr. Lia Tadesse Minister of Health Ethiopia addressing journalists in August 2021. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2021/Mulugeta Ayene.
    EthiopiaPolitics
    By Various co-signatories
    March 7, 2022
    1466
    0

    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 ...
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  • 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.
    PoliticsSudan
    By Various co-signatories
    October 27, 2021
    1273
    0

    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 ...
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  • Small-scale farmers practising agroecological farming methods in Mali. Credit: Moussa-Magassa.
    ClimateEconomy
    By Various co-signatories
    September 15, 2021
    2338
    0

    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 ...
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  • Ethiopia Tigray conflict open letter African intellectuals. The African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: Albert González Farran/UNAMID.
    EthiopiaPolitics
    By Various co-signatories
    August 26, 2021
    3823
    44

    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 ...
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  • PoliticsSenegal
    By Various co-signatories
    March 12, 2021
    1862
    0

    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 ...
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  • #EndSARSNigeriaPolitics
    By Various co-signatories
    October 20, 2020
    3050
    0

    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 ...
    Read More
  • Hopewell Chin'ono, the award-winning Zimbabwean journalist, was arrested on 20 July. Credit: Friends of Hopewell Chin'ono.
    PoliticsZimbabwe
    By Various co-signatories
    July 31, 2020
    2006
    0

    #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 ...
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  • At a Black Lives Matter protest. Credit: Jason Hargrove. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
    Society
    By Various co-signatories
    June 5, 2020
    3370
    0

    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 ...
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