Africa GBV Observatory — Change Log

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.

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.

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 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.

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