Spaces for Change | S4C has extended the reach of the NGO Regulatory Compliance Clinic to other West African countries, beginning with Senegal. On December 7, 2022, S4C and Publish What You Pay Senegal co-hosted the one-day Clinic in Dakar, Senegal, which brought together 15 executives of civil society organizations (CSOs). The Clinic aimed to […]
Spaces for Change | S4C launched a new report, “Civic Space in West Africa: Trends, Threats and Futures” on February 7 under the aegis of the Civic Space Resource Hub (CSR-Hub) for West Africa. Derived from the 639 incidents of crackdowns on the civic space in 16 West African countries tracked on the Closing Spaces Database between 2016 – 2022, […]
Highlights of Human Rights Violation Activist and publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo was arraigned at a Federal High Court in Abuja on March 27 for what the prosecution alleged to be the offence of cyberstalking under section 24 (1) (b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015. The judge remanded him in […]
This report maps the trends, drivers, targets, tactics, enablers, and flashpoints of future threats in the civic space in West Africa. The trends-mapping and foresight analysis derive from the incident-tracking of crackdowns on the civic space in 16 West African countries between 2017 – 2022 on the Closing Spaces Database (www.testingground.closingspaces.org) Beyond building evidence of […]
Applications are now open into the Research and Knowledge-Building pillar of the Civic Space Resource Hub. The CSR-Hub is a resource centre designed to strengthen the capacities of civic space actors and civil society organisations in West Africa to effectively respond to emerging and long-standing challenges to the civic space in the region, and to […]
Upon request by the Anambra State Civil Society Network (ACSONET), Spaces for Change | S4C convened a dedicated session of the NGO Regulatory Compliance Clinic for non-profit organizations operating in Anambra State. The Clinic was delivered under the auspices of the Civic Space Resource Hub (CSR-Hub) for West Africa project supported by Ford Foundation. The […]