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Angola: Trial of 15 activists after five months in detention a travesty of justice

November 13, 2015October 22, 2016 Global Authorafrica, Angola, Southern Africa

The trial of 15 peaceful activists who have been held unlawfully for almost five months and charged with preparing “rebellion and a coup attempt” will be a crucial test for the independence of Angola’s judiciary, said Amnesty International ahead of their expected court appearance on 16 November 2015. The 15 men were arrested and detained by Angolan security forces between... Read More

Angola: Independence celebrations marred by crackdown on human rights

November 10, 2015October 22, 2016 Global Authorafrica, Angola, Southern Africa

President José Eduardo dos Santos’s tightening stranglehold on freedom of expression in Angola and his government’s decades of fear and repression will cast an indelible stain on the 40th anniversary of the country’s independence, said Amnesty International today. As dignitaries and foreign leaders gather in the capital Luanda to mark four decades of independence, at least 16 activists continue to... Read More

Experts Predict Doom for Sex Roles and Stereotyping Campaign in Malawi

November 10, 2015 Global Author

Article By: Tenson Zobo Research Academia’s experts have expressed fear that sex roles discrimination against women and stereotyping, will not help Malawian women to participate in country’s development if relevant authorities will not take charge before it is too late. The experts were speaking during a press briefing presenting a joint UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women... Read More

Malawi Civil Society calls for uniformity in marriage age laws

November 7, 2015 Global Author

By: Lloyd M’bwana The country’s Civil Society Organization (CSOs) on United Nation Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)’s 2015 shadow report for Malawi have noted with concerns over the republic’s constitution inconsistency with the current Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations (MDFR) Act on the right marriage age. The MDFR Act No.3 of 2015 puts the marriage age... Read More

God Save the Kwacha: What Happened to Zambian Humanism?

November 6, 2015June 7, 2020 Leo Igwe

By: Leo Igwe When I listened to the president of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, declare before an ecstatic crowd that Zambia was a christian nation and that October 18 would forever be a national day of prayer, I asked: What happened to the once renowned Zambian Humanism? Yes, humanism used to be the national ideology of Zambia. The country’s first President... Read More

Young man Mugabe at 91 has made 25 foreign trips this year alone

July 19, 2015 Global Author

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe defies his age. At 91, he is one of the world’s oldest leaders, yet he maintains a punishing schedule–particularly for Since the beginning of the year Mugabe has been focusing on international diplomacy through his dual roles as chairman of the African Union and the Southern African Development Community. It probably makes him one of the... Read More

South Africa should embrace African unity, to protect the rights and security of all foreign nationals

May 22, 2015 Global Author

Monday, May 25, is “Africa Day,” and Sonke urges the South African government to take urgent steps to repair relations with other countries in Africa, and to embrace African unity, amidst serious xenophobic violence and government crackdowns targeting African and Asian migrants in South Africa.Africa Day is the commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU),... Read More

South Africa arrests hundreds over xenophobic violence

April 20, 2015 Global AuthorApartheid, Durban, Johannesburg, South Africa, violence, Xenophobia, Zuma

Police arrest more than 300 for crimes against migrants, after violence kills eight and displaces more than 1,000. South Africa’s government has vowed to crack down on xenophobic violence, after arresting more than 300 people for a range of crimes against migrants. Authorities said on Sunday in Johannesburg that 307 suspects had been arrested for a range of xenophobic-related crimes.… Read More

Malawi President Mutharika meets Rwandan President Paul Kagame

March 31, 2015 Global Author

The Rwandan Government has committed support for the Malawi Government in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as one way of transforming the country. The revelation was made on Monday, when President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika had an audience with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. . Read More

South Africa to probe spy cables leak

February 25, 2015 Global AuthorKayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, spies

. View photo Rwanda’s former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa walks into court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 21, 2012 (AFP Photo/Alexander Joe) Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa has launched an investigation into the leak of espionage secrets to an international television news channel and a British newspaper, the state security minister said Wednesday. “A full investigation… Read More

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