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Mauritius wants to see more women enter politics and be represented at high levels in government

August 23, 2012October 21, 2016 Global Author

Mauritius wants to see more women enter politics and be represented at high levels in government, and to ensure a worthier voice for women through advocating “political education”. Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family, Mirielle Martin wants to see more women in politics and iterated that empowering women to enter the political scene will come only through suitable... Read More

Regional legal bodies call on SADC leaders to reverse decision on SADC Tribunal

August 23, 2012 Global Author

Joint Statement of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), SADC Lawyers Association (SADC LA) and Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) at the conclusion of the 32nd SADC Summit The ICJ, SADC LA and SALC express their deepest disappointment at the decision taken by the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government on the SADC Tribunal. The Summit’s Final Communiqué explains... Read More

Ethiopian strongman and Western ally, Meles, dies

August 21, 2012 Global Authoraddos ababa, Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi

By Aaron Maasho | Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, an economic reformer condemned at home as an autocrat but hailed in the West as a bulwark against militant Islam, has died after a long illness, aged 57. Twenty-one years after he seized power from a military junta, Meles died in a Brussels hospital late on… Read More

St. Nelson’s Legacy; Neo-Apartheid and the South African Miners Massacre

August 18, 2012 Global Author

As the legendary life of South African leader Nelson Mandela draws to a close his legacy to his people has been brutally splashed across television screens worldwide showing neo-Apartheid police firing automatic weapons into crowds of striking African miners, killing two score or more and wounding nearly a hundred. Every day crushed, broken and lifeless bodies of Africans are dragged... Read More

“Democracy demands an Opposition Party”

August 18, 2012 Global Authorchange, Christopher Black, democracy, FDU, Hague, ICC, Kagame, PDP, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

Today is a historical day for Rwanda that will never be forgotten. As Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” The sacrifice for peace marched today in Rwanda as… Read More

Rudwan Dawod Has Been Released!

August 17, 2012 Global AuthorRudwan Dawod, Salem news, Sudan

Oregon activist freed after harrowing arrest, trial and threat of death penalty in Sudan! Rudwan Dawod, shown with his wife Nancy here in Oregon, will live to see his child born in Oregon after all, he has been held since early July, released and then quickly taken back into custody once now he’s with his dad. (EUGENE, OR) – We… Read More

Rwanda:Justice Delayed is Just Denied

August 16, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Hague, Holland, ICC, Nikiko Nsengimana, Paul Kagame, RNC/FDU, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

This common saying means that justice is something meant to be handled at the present moment. This is so because, like Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The Rwandan and Congolese people are suffering at the hands of the rebel group going by the name M23. They are back with weapons, munitions, communications equipment... Read More

Last Chance to save The SADC Tribunal: Archbishop Tutu Adds his Voice to the Campaign

August 15, 2012 Global Author

Johannesburg, 13th August: At the end of this week, leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will decide on the fate of the SADC Tribunal – amid growing fears that they will opt to scrap the court’s human rights mandate and block individual access to it. The final decision will be taken at the SADC Heads of State and Government summit... Read More

The Mauritian government wants to develop more firm national policy on the environment

August 14, 2012October 21, 2016 Global Author

Mauritius wants to develop more firm national policy on the environment and iterated they will make further introductions on climate change, energy and water policy in the coming years. The Prime Ministers offices stated that all opportunities to all public and private sector organizations have to be granted to cement environmental sustainability policies with healthier active involvement in forming a... Read More

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda returns to run for a Parliament Seat

August 14, 2012 Global AuthorDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda, Frank habineza, Global Greens, Green Party, Parliament, Paul Kagame

Politics in Rwanda is currently in a fragile state. Many foreign backers have withdrawn or suspended aid due to the actions of President Paul Kagame supporting the M23 rebel group in the DR Congo. If there is ever an opportunity for opposition groups to the RPF to be organized and prepared it is now. One of these groups is the... Read More