HRW: With No Check on Abuses, 'Civilians Bear the Brunt of Wartime Atrocities in the Horn of Africa'

FILE - Refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan queue with their jerrycans to collect drinking water from the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) distribution point at the Ourang refugee camp in Adre, Chad, on Dec. 7, 2023.

2023 was a consequential year for human rights suppression and wartime atrocities, especially in the Horn of Africa, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch published Thursday. The rights group blames regional blocs and the international community for not doing enough to protect civilians.