Africa GBV Observatory
Change Log
A dated record of material additions, corrections, reclassifications and privacy changes to published country registers.
Fatal people and serious non-fatal events remain separate. No pooled Africa-wide total is calculated.
Publication reconciliation · 11 October 2026
Approved country updates published with two pre-publication date holds: SN-GBV-2026-002 and MA-NF-2026-001 remain outside totals. September is a closed calendar period, not a closed register.
| Country | August F/NF | September F/NF | October F/NF | Cumulative old → new |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11/0 | 3/1 | No dated addition | 14/1 → 14/1 |
| Nigeria | 2/2 | 3/0 | No dated addition | 3/2 → 5/2 |
| Ghana | 1/0 | 0/0 | No dated addition | 1/1 → 1/0 |
| South Africa | 9/2 | 2/2 | 1/0 | 10/4 → 12/4 |
| Kenya | 4/2 | 6/1 | 1/0 | 9/3 → 11/3 |
| Uganda | 3/2 | 3/2 | 1/0 | 5/3 → 7/4 |
| Zambia | 1/2 | 2/0 | No dated addition | 1/2 → 3/2 |
| Namibia | 1/12 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/13 → 2/13 |
| Zimbabwe | 1/3 | 3/1 | 3/0 | 2/4 → 7/4 |
| Senegal | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/0 | 1/5 → 2/6 |
| Morocco | 1/0 | 4/0 | 1/0 | 5/0 → 6/0 |
Cameroon
CM-GBV-2026-004: stronger police-derived source added. CM-LEAD-2026-001: unclassified October discovery retained outside totals.
Exact country correction and sources
Nigeria
NG-GBV-2026-004–005: two September fatal people added; September fatal 1→3.
Exact country correction and sources
Ghana
GH-NF-2026-001: publication-date assignment removed; August non-fatal 1→0. Two October research leads added outside totals.
Exact country correction and sources
South Africa
ZA-GBV-2026-011: one September fatal person reclassified from the wider ZA-LEAD-2026-005, without double counting; September fatal 1→2. ZA-GBV-2026-012: October fatal person added. ZA-LEAD-2026-006 remains uncounted.
Exact country correction and sources
Kenya
KE-GBV-2026-010–011: September fatal 5→6 and October fatal 0→1. Child victim gender left unconfirmed for KE-GBV-2026-009.
Exact country correction and sources
Uganda
UG-GBV-2026-006 / UG-NF-2026-004: linked household records added; September 2 fatal / 1 non-fatal → 3 / 2. UG-GBV-2026-007: October fatal person added.
Exact country correction and sources
Zambia
ZM-GBV-2026-002–003: two September fatal people added; September fatal 0→2.
Exact country correction and sources
Namibia
NA-GBV-2026-002: October fatal person added; day disputed, court procedural update included. NA-LEAD-2026-006 remains uncounted. Duplicate lead ID corrected: the later child-survivor record previously also labelled NA-LEAD-2026-004 is now NA-LEAD-2026-007; the original older-case record retains 004. No count change from that correction.
Exact country correction and sources
Zimbabwe
ZW-GBV-2026-003–004: September fatal 1→3. ZW-GBV-2026-005–007: October fatal 0→3. Original Pindula and NewZimbabwe reports replace aggregator/syndication links as principal sources.
Exact country correction and sources
Senegal
SN-NF-2026-006: September non-fatal 1→2. SN-GBV-2026-003: October fatal 0→1. Pre-publication correction: SN-GBV-2026-002 has conflicting dates across the month boundary and remains excluded, because its occurrence month remains unresolved.
Exact country correction and sources
Morocco
MA-GBV-2026-003: child gender disputed; no count change. MA-GBV-2026-006: October fatal 0→1. Pre-publication correction: MA-NF-2026-001 dates an arrest, not the attack; exclude pending occurrence date and territorial-scope review. October non-fatal remains 0.
Exact country correction and sources
F counts fatal people; NF counts distinct non-fatal events. No cross-country total is calculated. Seven October ledgers and the source map accompany this publication. Original case anchors are retained; the duplicated Namibia child-lead ID has a new distinct anchor. Privacy corrections generalize child and living-survivor details.
September 27, 2026
Weekly publication review
- KE-GBV-2026-007: new fatal person; September fatal 2→3 and cumulative fatal 6→7.
- KE-GBV-2026-008–009: two linked fatal people from one household incident; September fatal 3→5 and cumulative fatal 7→9.
- KE-NF-2026-003: one linked serious non-fatal household event; September events 0→1 and cumulative events 2→3.
- KE-LEAD-2026-006: homicide-classification lead added; totals unchanged.
- MA-GBV-2026-004–005: two fatal people added; September fatal 2→4 and cumulative fatal 3→5.
- MA-LEAD-2026-008: undated two-survivor event added as one lead; totals unchanged.
- ZA-LEAD-2026-005: arrest and charge status corrected; totals unchanged.
- NA-LEAD-2026-004–005: child-survivor allegations retained without monthly assignment; totals unchanged.
- Editorial scope correction: non-GBV human-rights blocks removed from four country GBV ledgers and redirected to Human Rights; totals unchanged.
September 20, 2026
South Africa investigation synchronization
- ZA-LEAD-2026-005: investigation-level lead added and synchronized with the September ledger. Nine reported Ekurhuleni deaths remain outside counted GBV totals pending case-level dates, deduplication and nexus evidence. September fatal people 1→1; cumulative fatalities 10→10.
- Source-lineage clarification: Reuters, Associated Press and Guardian reporting substantially relies on police investigation statements; public concern and civil-society classification do not substitute for case-level inclusion evidence. Totals unchanged.
September 14, 2026
Publication review
- UG-GBV-2026-005: new fatal case added to September. Uganda September fatal people 1→2; cumulative fatalities 4→5.
- UG-NF-2026-003: new serious non-fatal event added to September. Uganda September events 0→1; cumulative events 2→3.
- UG-LEAD-2026-004: original-source lineage and privacy wording corrected; totals unchanged.
- ZA-NF-2026-004: new serious non-fatal event added to September. South Africa September events 1→2; cumulative events 3→4. Five arrests remain one event.
- ZA-LEAD-2026-001–004: four classification leads added; totals unchanged.
- NG-GBV-2026-002: provisional August date basis clarified as documented recovery date; totals unchanged.
- Cross-country privacy review: child and living-survivor headings generalized; totals unchanged.
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