April 07, 2008
Liberia: Fifth Day of Cross-Examination of Prosecution Witness Focuses on Arms, Ammunition, and Loose Ends [blog]
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Liberia: Cross-Examination of Isaac Mongor Takes on New Angles [blog]
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Liberia: Defense Attacks Isaac Mongor?s Credibility For a Third Day [blog]
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April 06, 2008
Africa: 'Quiet' India Could Offer Lessons to Continent [guest column]
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Several African leaders travel to New Delhi this week for the inaugural meeting of an Africa-India Forum Summit, organized by the African Union and the government of India. Citing… Read more »
April 05, 2008
Zimbabwe: Opposition's Tsvangirai Claims Presidency
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Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) reasserted on Saturday that it had won outright last week's presidential election and signalled its reluctance to go into a second… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Bar Opposition From Court
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Police have stopped lawyers for Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) from entering the High Court in Harare, where they were scheduled to ask for an order… Read more »
April 04, 2008
Zimbabwe: Academic Challenged U.S. 'Pseudo-Democratic' Policies [opinion]
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As a professor of Politics who teaches in the African studies program at the University of San Francisco, a progressive activist, a veteran of the anti-apartheid movement and other… Read more »
April 03, 2008
Zimbabwe: Election Observers Are Not Solidarity Missions [interview]
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Zimbabwe’s elections have been given a stamp of approval by a number of observer missions from intergovernmental organizations invited by the Zimbabwean government. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Journalists Arrested, Opposition Offices Raided
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Two foreign journalists were detained and rooms used by Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change were reportedly raided on Thursday. Read more »
April 02, 2008
Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Loses Parliament
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Zimbabwe's official election commission has confirmed that the Zimbabwe Africa National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), the party which has ruled the country for nearly 30 years,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Claims Outright Election Victory
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Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims that its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won an outright victory in the country's presidential elections. But it says that if… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Defense Attacks the Credibility of Prosecution Witness Isaac Mongor [blog]
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Zimbabwe: Opposition Claims Outright Election Victory
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Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims that its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won an outright victory in the country's presidential elections. But it says that if… Read more »
April 01, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe to Step Down? [blog]
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A deal is being negotiated in Zimbabwe in which President Robert Mugabe would step down after being in power for nearly 28 years, news agencies reported Tuesday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Monitors Question Fairness of Election
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An experienced southern African election monitoring group has judged Zimbabwe's electoral process "severely wanting in respect of fairness." Read more »
Zimbabwe: What Are the True Results? [blog]
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With Zimbabwe's election results trickling out in what appears to be a heavily-manipulated process, what are the true results, particularly of the presidential polls? Read more »
Liberia: Direct Examination of Prosecution Witness Ends, Cross-Examination Begins [blog]
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March 31, 2008
Zimbabwe: Reporters Fill Gaps in Polls Coverage [blog]
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Media seeking to provide comprehensive coverage of the Zimbabwean elections face a dilemma: how to report the official results from the electoral commission in Harare - which began… Read more »
March 29, 2008
Zimbabwe: Question Marks Hang Over Polls
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As Zimbabweans queued in long lines to vote on Saturday, an experienced African election monitor warned that they went to the polls with many "question marks" hanging… Read more »
March 28, 2008
Zimbabwe: Washington Looks At Landmark Polls
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As Zimbabweans head to landmark polls Saturday to elect a new president, few observers expect a truly fair outcome. Many flaws in the electoral process are obvious, from legal… Read more »
March 27, 2008
Liberia: Emotions Run High Over Refugee Crisis [blog]
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"Why must our government apologize?" asked one caller on a local radio station in response to news that the Liberian government had sent an apology note to the Ghanaian… Read more »
March 26, 2008
Africa: Kosovo Vote Could Impact Continent [guest column]
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When South Africa takes over leadership of the United Nations Security Council next month it faces a decision which could have far-reaching consequences for Africa: whether to… Read more »
March 25, 2008
Comoros: African Union, Govt Troops Invade Anjouan
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Comoran and African Union troops invaded the island of Anjouan on Tuesday to put an end to the rebellion led by Colonel Mohamed Bacar against the federal government of the… Read more »
March 20, 2008
Sudan: Govt Attacked Darfur Civilians, UN Finds
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The United Nations' principal human rights agency has accused the Sudanese government of unlawfully attacking civilians during a recent military campaign against rebels in West… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Agency Acts to Stop Election Food Aid Abuse
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The World Food Programme, determined to prevent food aid in Zimbabwe from being used to influence voters in this month's national elections, is speeding up the delivery of its food… Read more »
