West and Central Africa
Overview
As Africa remembers the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, violent conflicts dogged much of the continent throughout 2014 – unfolding or escalating in a particularly bloody way in the Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan and Nigeria, and continuing unresolved in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan and Somalia.
Countries in West and Central Africa
Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone TogoOur offices
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Amnesty International has three regional offices in Africa. These offices are major hubs for our investigations, campaigns and communications. The regional offices strengthen the work of Sections that work at the national level.
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Commentary
Analysis, opinion, personal stories and more.
Niger Delta Negligence
Africa
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Nigeria
Was Shell complicit in murder?
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Why isn’t daddy home yet?