| Headline | Date | Chamada |
|---|---|---|
Zimbabwe sets date for referendum |
14 February 2013 |
After years of delays and disagreements, it looks as if the three main political parties in Zimbabwe have decided on a timetable – holding a constitutional referendum in March followed by presidential and parliamentary elections perhaps as early as July. Given that it has taken 4 ½ years since the signing of the... |
Community media under fire in Zambia |
08 February 2013 |
The alarm bells in Zambia are ringing louder and louder. Civil society groups, opposition politicians and even the churches have all chimed in recently – accusing President Sata of exhibiting increasingly authoritarian tendencies and the police of acting in an ever more partisan and repressive fashion. And now the... |
New draft constitution, same old abuses |
08 February 2013 |
Human rights developments in Zimbabwe in 2012 were dominated by the drafting of a new constitution and the implementation – or rather the lack of implementation – of key components of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), according to Human Rights Watch's World Report 2013... |
SADC states aided illegal CIA renditions |
05 February 2013 |
The shocking extent of the CIA’s highly classified programme of secret detention and extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects has finally been made laid bare by a remarkable report from the Open Society Justice Initiative... |
Human Rights abuses continue to scar DRC |
05 February 2013 |
Human Rights Watch has released its World Report for 2013, which contains a chapter cataloguing a year of violence and abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). From national elections that lacked credibility and were marred by the killing of scores of opposition... |
Swiss oil broker's dodgy dealings in Angola |
04 February 2013 |
Trafigura, the third largest Swiss corporation in terms of turnover, is cutting itself a large piece of the pie in Angola according to a ... |
Another bad year for human rights in Angola |
04 February 2013 |
Human Rights Watch has released its World Report for 2013, which contains a highly critical chapter on the situation in Angola. From flawed elections to violent crackdowns on peaceful protests and protestors, from the on-going lack of media freedom to brutal intimidation of human rights defenders, the chapter highlights... |
Princeton Festival to show OSISA-funded film |
30 January 2013 |
An OSISA-funded film, Creating a Climate for Change, has been selected for the prestigious Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF). Now in its seventh year, the festival is acknowledged as one of the top three festivals of its kind in the world. Founded in 2006, the... |
Life of poverty for Congolese miners |
29 January 2013 |
There is no refuge from the blistering heat at this artisanal gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Any trees that might have provided shade have been consumed by the mine, which covers an area the size of five or six football fields. About a thousand people - men, women and some children - swarm across... |
Mapping digital media in Central Africa |
29 January 2013 |
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. Rwanda and Burundi are among the continent’s smallest states. More than just neighbours, these three countries are locked together by overlapping histories and by extreme political and economic challenges. They all score very low on... |
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