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Time for Bingu to pack his bags? |
There is one very important fact to mention at the start of this column – President Bingu wa Mutharika is not going to leave office before 2014 whatever civil society is saying. And it’s saying quite a lot, including asking him to resign within 60 days. |
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Human rights abuses during DRC elections |
UN report says 33 people killed by security forces
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Why ZANU-PF wants elections this year |
For a party apparently riddled with factionalism, whose organizational structure is in decay, with an 88-year-old as its best candidate in future presidential elections, one may be tempted to think that ZANU-PF would be wary of elections anytime soon - especially as it clearly lost the last ones. But the former sole ruling party in Zimbabwe is in a buoyant mood, taunting the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to go for elections and dismissing calls for reforms as cheap talk from electoral cowards. |
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Malawians ordered to stop insulting Bingu |
State House threatens civil society and media
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Scholarships to attend the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights |
Call for Applications for Sponsorship to attend the 51st Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
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Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures |
The re-introduction of multi-party politics in the early 1990s in Africa led to a renewed interest in institutions of democracy. This auspicious wave of pluralism has not, however, produced effective and efficient Parliaments to underpin the democratisation process. On the contrary, most of Africa’s young democracies are still characterised by dominant executives, not-so-independent judiciaries, and weak Parliaments. |
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From the horse's mouth.... |
Usually, a collection of quotes of the week would come from a variety of mouths but to kick off our new series, we devote the entire list to Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF Justice Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, who delivered the following 'gems' before the UN Human Rights Council.... |
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Swazi army on the rampage |
Military increasingly becoming law unto itself
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Will Botswana's opposition ever win? |
For more than 45 years, the opposition parties in Botswana have been fighting a losing battle against the ruling party. The list of opposition figures who have dismally failed to unseat the ruling party at every poll since the country gained independence in 1966 is long. Dr Kenneth Koma, Michael Dingake, Philip Matante, Motsamai Mpho and many others have been unable to defeat the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which has run Botswana ever since the British colonisers left. |
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Namibia's tribal powder keg |
The ripples caused by the ‘tribalist’ remarks made by a Namibian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister are spreading – a clear sign that, despite the usual calm surface, Namibia has not yet come to terms with its ethnically divisive past. It was the Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Kazenambo Kazenambo, who caused the latest waves when he reportedly went berserk during an interview with journalist Tileni Mongudhi. |
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