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July 03
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Southern Africa: Parties Must Ensure Better Resource Governance [analysis]
Following a landmark conference in Harare, representatives from ruling and opposition parties in southern Africa united around the need to ensure better resource governance in the... Read more »
July 01
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Africa: Human Rights v Homophobia - Who Is Winning Africa's Cultural Wars [analysis]
Last October, I sat in the medieval gilt-and-velvet chamber of the House of Lords listening to an historic first-ever debate on LGBT issues in the British parliament. Read more »
June 26
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Namibia: Swapo Youth League Gets a Spanking [analysis]
Namibia's ruling party, SWAPO, has always vehemently denied divisions in its ranks. But recently things came to a head when the top leadership and the Youth League clashed over... Read more »
June 25
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Angola: Keeping Angola's Wealth Fund in the Family [analysis]
Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund has been struggling for credibility since its high-profile launch in October last year. For seven months, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)... Read more »
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Angola: Keeping Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund in the Family [analysis]
Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund has been struggling for credibility since its high-profile launch in October last year. For seven months, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)... Read more »
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Africa: Homophobia On the Rise Across Africa [analysis]
Few people in southern Africa would be surprised by the findings of a new report by Amnesty International on criminalising homosexuality - but that doesn't make them any less... Read more »
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Africa: New EU Rules Are Big Boost for LGBTI Rights [analysis]
While Amnesty International's report on rising homophobia and homophobic attacks paints the bleakest of pictures of life for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex... Read more »
June 24
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Angola: Much to Learn From Angola's Children's Act [analysis]
On 22 August 2012, Angola enacted a new Children's Act, adding to the number of African countries (including South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Lesotho, and... Read more »
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 »
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 »
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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 »
June 14
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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 13
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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 »
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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 12
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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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Africa: AU and ICC Leaders Must Find Kenya Consensus [analysis]
Spare a thought for African Union (AU) chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Each has been tasked with providing... Read more »
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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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Africa: AU and ICC Leaders Must Find Consensus [analysis]
Spare a thought for African Union (AU) chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. Each has been tasked with providing... Read more »
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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 »
June 10
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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 07
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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 06
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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 »
June 05
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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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