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Southern Africa: South African Party to Approach ICC If President Fails to Intervene in Zimbabwe Crisis
News24Wire, 20 January 2019
The DA plans to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) if President Cyril Ramaphosa fails to intervene directly to stop the "ongoing human rights violations" on… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Plans to Help Bail Out Zimbabwe - Finance Minister Mboweni
Daily Maverick, 21 January 2019
South Africa is planning to extend short-term credit to Zimbabwe and also to help it write off its US$7.4-billion external debt, to prevent its neighbour spiralling out of control.… Read more »
South African Intervention a Silver Bullet for Zimbabwe's Crisis?
If President Cyril Ramaphosa fails to stop the "ongoing human rights violations" on Zimbabweans, allegedly by president Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, opposition party the Democratic Alliance warned that they will approach the International Criminal Court. This comes after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni disclosed a plan during an interview that South Africa plans to extend short-term credit to Zimbabwe and also help write off its US$7.4-billion external debt.
Left: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Top-right: Flag of South Africa. Bottom-right: Flag of Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe: What Now After a 2nd Internet Shutdown, and Treason Charges for Activists?
allAfrica, 18 January 2019
Zimbabwe's government has again forced a "total Internet shutdown", Misa Zimbabwe says, after a violent crackdown by police when huge crowds protested against dramatic fuel price… Read more »
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Africa: New Crop of African Leaders, Same Old Repression and Suffering
Daily Maverick, 18 January 2019
As fresh leaders rise to power resulting from civic movements' demand for change, it seems that the new lot pays only lip-service to better governance. According to a Human Rights… Read more »
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South Africa: 'We Are Reeling Under the Dictatorship of Mnangagwa' - Zimbabwean Protesters in Cape Town
News24Wire, 17 January 2019
Protesting Zimbabweans in Cape Town want the consulate in the city's CBD to remain closed until the crisis in their country is resolved. Read more »
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From the government shutting down the internet to prevent citizens from communicating and organising more protests, arre Read more »
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Anti-government activists in Zimbabwe have called for a second, and this time five-day, shutdown protest beginning on Monday, prompting the administration to warn that "we will not ... Read more »
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As his government orders another nationwide Internet shutdown, ignoring local and global condemnation of its brutal crackdown against protestors, President Emmerson Mnangagwa ... Read more »
