lens of Terrorist Operations and Acts of violence in Africa – March 2022

Maat: 710 people fell victims of terrorist operations in Africa during March 2022
Okeil: We call on international human rights mechanisms to strengthen the work of the Special Rapporteur on terrorism in Africa
Asmaa Nasser: The Ethiopian government continues to ignore the human rights repercussions of the Tigray war

In March 2022, at least 710 people fell victims of terrorism and extremist violence in Africa. For the third month in a row, West Africa leads the list of the most dangerous countries in Africa, with 339 deaths, that is 47.7% of the total victims of terrorist operations. As for the countries, Nigeria tops the list again, becoming the country with the highest number of victims instead of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which lost 159 people last month or 22.3 percent of the total victims. Ethiopia, however, continued to ignore the violations committed by its forces against civilians and continued to commit heinous human rights violations, such as the burning of 3 civilians alive by gunmen affiliated with the federal government.

These data and statistics were documented by Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights in its monthly report entitled: “lens of Terrorist Operations and Acts of violence in Africa – March 2022”, which aims to monitor, analyze and probe the depths of the terrorist phenomenon and its manifestations in Africa.

Commenting on Maat’s report in March, Ayman Okeil, an international human rights expert and president of Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights, said that terrorist operations and violence continue to claim many civilian lives in Africa. Okeil stressed that the expansion of terrorist groups in the continent affects human rights indirectly, as it forces some countries to direct their budget to combat these groups instead of spending it on improving human rights conditions and public services after terrorist attacks.

The human rights expert recommended the relevant international human rights mechanisms to strengthen the role of the Special Rapporteur on security situations, violence and terrorism in Africa, in order to seek to strengthen international humanitarian law, given the increasing waves of armed violence in the five African regions.

In the same context, Asmaa Abdul-Nasser, a researcher in the African Affairs and Sustainable Development Unit at Maat, stated that despite the relatively calm situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, people there are still suffering from the atrocities of civil war, especially in light of the Ethiopian government's disregard for the human rights repercussions of the devastating war, specifically the rights of the weak and marginalized groups, including migrants.

Notably, Africa comes among the issues of interest to Maat for Peace, Development and Human rights, being a member of the General Assembly for the Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the Africa Union (AU). Moreover, Maat serves as an Observer in the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) and as a Northern African Coordinator in the NGO Major Group-Africa of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

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