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Women Still On Receiving End of Discrimination, Violence: Genderlinks.
African women are still on the receiving end of discrimination, violence and lack of access to essential health services. Gender activists this week gave governments in southern Africa a 54…
Trading Democracy for Stability, Rwanda’s Election Compromise
Rwanda's economic liberalization stands in stark contrast to the lack of political liberalization. …
Rwanda’s Sham Election Spells Doom for Peace, Democracy
Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame gets 7 more years after flawed elections. Though Kagame can claim credit for impressive economic growth and development under his leadership, the current system of governance…
Activists Demand Justice for Slain Congolese Campaigner at SADC Summit
Patience Nyangove: WINDHOEK, Namibia — Civil rights activists said Monday that the Democratic Republic of Congo's official investigation into the death of a human rights campaigner looks like a cover-up.…
Reporters Without Borders Blasts Wikileaks Over Afghan War Cables
Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has written a scathing letter to the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange following the publication of 92,000 classified documents with the names of Afghans…
Zim Ambassador Clashes With Mugabe Critic John Makumbe
A Few days before the Southern African Development Community heads of State and Government summit kicks off in Windhoek, a bitter feud has erupted between the Zimbabwean Ambassador to Namibia,…
US$150 million Jets For Nigerian President, No Cash for 2011 Polls
Presidential luxury trumps democracy in Nigeria. The Nigerian government this week approved plans to buy two new generation Falcon 7X jets and one Gulfstream G550 for the presidential fleet at…
German Bank Tightens Grip on Zimbabwe Govt. Properties in South Africa
A South African court yesterday dismissed an attempt by the Zimbabwe government to prevent the seizure and possible sell in execution of its properties in South Africa by the German…
Naomi Campbell’s ‘Blood Diamonds’ Found
Prosecutors at Taylor's war crimes trial claim that the former Liberian president was in South Africa in 1997 to trade uncut 'blood diamonds' for weapons that he then gave to…
African Women Not Alone In Fight For Maternity Rights
Very early into South African chain store worker Anna Chitsuwi's pregnancy, she was forced to take a polygraph test along with other employees as part of an internal investigation. When…
Southern Africa In Bid To Unscramble Economic Jigsaw Puzzle
SOUTHERN African Development Community Heads of State and Government will carry the region’s elusive dream of financial integration when they convene in Windhoek, Namibia, in two weeks’ time.…
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September 11 Commemorative Air Show, Kirksville MO.
Aerostars 3 Ship YAK 52TW Formation Aerobatic Team at the Kirksville Air Show, 9-11-2011 – Photos Tawanda Kanhema