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Another bad year for human rights in Angola |
Human Rights Watch paints a bleak picture
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Divided opposition leaves Mswati smiling |
The anchor and strength of all undemocratic regimes, particularly in Africa, is financial muscle used to either thwart or incorporate all threats. To that end, the cash flow crisis from which the government of Swaziland recently emerged was a missed opportunity for pro-democracy forces in the tiny-landlocked country. |
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Zambia cracks down on freedoms |
Fears grow as government targets critical voices
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OSISA message on Human Rights Day |
Highlighting freedom of expression and association
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Another stalemate in Zimbabwe? |
Four years after the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) facilitated by SADC in Zimbabwe, the outcome of the process remains fiercely contested and in the balance. The Agreement, which set out to prepare the political process for a generally acceptable election after the debacle of 2008, has been marked by the battle for the state that has constituted the politics of the GPA. |
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Governance reforms key to lasting DRC peace |
Congolese groups call for reforms and UN sanctions
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Time for an AU-UN Envoy for eastern DRC |
International groups call for creation of powerful post
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Five years of dramatic change in Africa |
As the rights revolution unfolded in Africa over the past two decades, one area in particular lagged behind: the right to information. Just five years ago, only four African countries - South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe and Uganda - had freedom of information laws. The idea that citizens with access to information could play a significant role in promoting open and equitable governance was not, it seems, enthusiastically embraced by those in power. |
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Playing politics with military history |
As Zimbabwe heads towards elections in 2013, ZANU-PF is once again looking to the country’s highly partisan securocrats to dash the people’s democratic desires and keep the party – and President Mugabe – in power. |
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Constitutionally ceremonial success |
Fears that the 2nd All Stakeholders Conference on Zimbabwe’s draft constitution from October 21-23 would be marred by violence and disruptive tactics fortunately proved to be false as the event passed off peacefully – and largely ceremonially. |
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