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Angola passes laws to crack down on press and social media
D Quaresma Dos Santos | Friday 19 August 2016 | The Guardian Regulatory body set up to control all forms of publishing as ruling party gears up to extend its reign, Maka Angola reports Angola’s government has approved a set of laws which hand control and regulation of all media to a new body run by the ruling party. The Angolan Social Communications … [Read more...] about Angola passes laws to crack down on press and social media
Burundi and Rwanda: a rivalry that lies at the heart of Great Lakes crises
Andre Guichaoua | 20 Aug 2016 | Mail & Guardian Africa’s Great Lakes region is wracked by recurrent conflicts. André Guichaoua explains why. Two rival strongmen - Paul Kagame in Rwanda and Pierre Nkurunziza in Burundi – are most to blame for peace eluding the region. The end of two particularly bloody and dramatic civil wars saw a reversal of the political and … [Read more...] about Burundi and Rwanda: a rivalry that lies at the heart of Great Lakes crises
An Ethiopian spring?
Gamal Nkrumah | 18 August, 2016 | Al-Ahram The recent spate of demonstrations that has rocked Ethiopia has been causing extensive international concern, writes Gamal Nkrumah. It has taken less than a week for doubts to set in over the unrest in Ethiopia, a country of more than 100 million people and the source of the Blue Nile. What the Ethiopian opposition has done is to … [Read more...] about An Ethiopian spring?
Angolan president Dos Santos re-elected leader of ruling MPLA party
Fri Aug 19, 2016 | Reuters Angola's ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on Friday confirmed the election of Jose Eduardo dos Santos for another term as leader of the party. Dos Santos, the sole nominee, won 2,543 votes, or 99.6 percent, MPLA spokesman Manuel Rabelais said after its electoral convention in the capital, Luanda. There had been … [Read more...] about Angolan president Dos Santos re-elected leader of ruling MPLA party
Why the Oromo protests mark a change in Ethiopia’s political landscape
Asafa Jalata | August 14, 2016 | The Conversation Country-wide demonstrations by the Oromo in Ethiopia have flared up again. Ethiopia’s authorities reacted with heavy force, resulting in the death of 100 civilians. The Conversation Africa’s Samantha Spooner asked Professor Asafa Jalata about the country-wide protests. Who are the Oromo people? The Oromo are … [Read more...] about Why the Oromo protests mark a change in Ethiopia’s political landscape
Ethiopia must allow in observers after killings: U.N. rights boss
GENEVA | Stephanie Nebehay | Wed Aug 10, 2016 | Reuters The U.N. human rights chief urged Ethiopia on Wednesday to allow international observers into restive regions where residents and opposition officials say 90 protesters were shot dead by security forces at the weekend. In his first comments on the incident, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for … [Read more...] about Ethiopia must allow in observers after killings: U.N. rights boss
The Anti-Human-Trafficking Crusader
Sharmilla Ganesan | Aug 4, 2016 | The Atlantic Agnes Igoye is building a law-enforcement system to protect Uganda’s girls. Late one night in 1972, Agnes Igoye’s father cycled her expectant mother through a jungle to the nearest hospital, stopping for contractions despite the threat of lions prowling nearby. The new mother made it safely to the hospital and gave birth to a … [Read more...] about The Anti-Human-Trafficking Crusader
New Zimbabwe law allows seizure of smartphones and laptops as Mugabe turns on social media
Peta Thornycroft, Johannesburg | 7 August 2016 | The Telegraph New legislation will allow Zimbabwe's police to seize smartphones, laptops and other “gadgets” to prevent people from communicating via social media. Several demonstrations and a one-day national strike were organised over social media. These outbreaks of unrest have unnerved President Robert … [Read more...] about New Zimbabwe law allows seizure of smartphones and laptops as Mugabe turns on social media
Freeing girls trafficked to Italy for sex: ‘You will not be a slave for ever’ – video
Thousands of women and girls are being trafficked to Italy from Nigeria, into a life of forced prostitution. Abused and desperately vulnerable, they have a champion in Princess Okokon, who was herself trafficked from Nigeria in 1999. Okokon fled her captors, and, with her husband, Alberto, set up the NGO Piam Onlus. Together they have helped hundreds of women in Asti and Sicily … [Read more...] about Freeing girls trafficked to Italy for sex: ‘You will not be a slave for ever’ – video
We’re forced by nature to share the Nile with our neighbours, says Ethiopian dam project manager
Bassem Abo Alabass in Benishangul | Thursday 4 Aug 2016 | Ahram Ahram Online traveled this week to Ethiopia to take a first hand look at the under-construction Grand Renaissance Dam and sought to gauge local opinions on the project "You have the High Dam in Egypt, and we hope to have the GERD, because we want electricity and our country to grow,” an Ethiopian … [Read more...] about We’re forced by nature to share the Nile with our neighbours, says Ethiopian dam project manager