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June 19
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Central Africa: U.S Appoints New Special Envoy for Great Lakes
After months of rumours, the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has finally appointed former Senator Russ Feingold as the new US Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the... Read more »
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Botswana: Major Victory for San in Botswana
In a major victory for the San in Botswana, a court issued an order today restraining the government from relocating people from Ranyane. Read more »
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Botswana: Stunning Victory for Botswana's San
The residents of Ranyane, a small San settlement in Botswana, have scored a significant legal victory against the government of Botswana, which had been attempting to relocate them... Read more »
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Angola: All Talk and Absolutely No Action [analysis]
More than seven months on from its high-profile launch Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund has no investment policy, no chairman and despite its huge press team's best efforts,... Read more »
June 18
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Botswana: Botswana Court Sides With San in Ranyane Relocation Case [analysis]
In a major victory for the San in Botswana, a court issued an order today restraining the government from relocating people from Ranyane. Read more »
June 15
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South Africa: Understanding the Tshwane Principles [analysis]
The Tshwane Principles on National Security and the Right to Information set out in unprecedented detail guidelines for those engaged in drafting, revising or implementing laws or... Read more »
June 14
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Zimbabwe: Court Ruling No Basis for Early Zim Election [analysis]
In arriving at judgements, it is important that courts do not cultivate the unsavoury impression that they are hell-bent on taking us back to the Court of Chancery in Dickens'... Read more »
June 13
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Zimbabwe: Court Adds to Fog Around Zim Elections [analysis]
In arriving at judgements, it is important that courts do not cultivate the unsavoury impression that they are hell-bent on taking us back to the Court of Chancery in Dickens'... Read more »
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Zambia: CSOs Demand Constitutional Timetable [analysis]
With concerns growing over the future of Zambia's constitutional review process, an unprecedented coalition of civil society groups today called on the government to announce a... Read more »
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South Africa: Balancing National Security and Right to Know [analysis]
The question of how to ensure public access to government information without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to protect people from national security threats is the focus of a new... Read more »
June 11
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Namibia: Police to End Invasions of San Land [analysis]
Sometimes it pays for communities to cry out in desperation. It has certainly paid off for the !Kung in Namibia's western Tsumkwe region, who issued a desperate plea last week for... Read more »
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Zambia: Homophobic Trial Starts in Zambia [analysis]
Many eyes in Zambia - and further afield - will be focussed on the Kapiri Mposhi Magistrates' court over the next two days. While two young men will be on trial for being gay,... Read more »
June 8
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Angola: 'Ghost Town' Still Haunting Government [analysis]
The size of the Nova Cidade de Kilamba, the Chinese built housing development outside Angola's capital Luanda, was as important as the construction itself. The US$3.5billion estate... Read more »
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Namibia: Land Grabs Threaten San in Namibia [analysis]
Just weeks after a critical UN report on the status of indigenous people in Namibia, the scale of the government's failure to promote and protect their rights has been highlighted... Read more »
June 6
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Zambia: High Court to Hear HIV Activist Case [analysis]
The Lusaka Magistrate's Court ruled today that the criminal case against HIV activist Paul Kasonkomona should be transferred to the High Court for a hearing on the constitutional... Read more »
June 5
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Botswana: Botswana Govt Proceeding With San Relocation [analysis]
Despite a court order halting the relocation of a San community from Ranyane, the Botswana government seems intent on proceeding with its unlawful plans to move San families from... Read more »
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Angola: Call for Action After Corrupt Angola-Russia Deal [analysis]
Some US$750 million is missing from Angola's treasury from a deal with Russia facilitated by a Swiss bank and a shell company registered in Britain's Isle of Man, a report by a... Read more »
June 4
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Angola: Silence After Angolan Corruption Report [analysis]
It has been a month since the release of a damning report into a massively corrupt Angola-Russia debt deal. A month since it explained in forensic detail how more than US$700... Read more »
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Angola: Singing Out in Angola [analysis]
Titica is one of Angola's most popular Kuduro singers and received a 2012 Kora nomination for best female artist in Southern Africa. She is also a regular guest on state... Read more »
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Swaziland: Supreme Court Orders Eviction of 150 People [analysis]
Swazis have long known that there is one law for King Mswati and his cronies and another for everyone else - and this has just been brutally confirmed by a Supreme Court ruling... Read more »
June 3
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Africa: Justice 2015 - African Perspectives On a New Development Agenda [analysis]
Watch the video - South African Neville Gabriel, founder of the Southern Africa Trust, talks about the importance of including justice in the global development framework that... Read more »
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Southern Africa: Kimberley Process Must Be Reformed [analysis]
Ten years after its launch, the Kimberley Process (KP) must implement urgent and substantial reforms if it hopes to remain releveant and play any real role in building a cleaner... Read more »
June 1
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Lesotho: Nation Needs Better Education Data [analysis]
A new report has raised concerns about the ability of the Lesotho government to manage the data of the education sector, which it says is crucial for planning, budgeting,... Read more »
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Swaziland: Govt's Secretive and Corrupt Campaigning [analysis]
The Swazi authorities might have removed political parties from the electoral playing field, but they seem to have totally failed to remove corruption. Indeed, the convoluted laws... Read more »
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Southern Africa: Fighting for Women's Rights Via Social Media [analysis]
Just because everyone is saying that social media is a great tool for advocacy and mobilisation doesn't mean that everyone knows how to use it effectively. Just because twitter and... Read more »
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