IT IS an interesting reflection of the times that the word “denialism” has so easily slipped into everyday usage that any ordinary person immediately knows what the phrase conveys and the tendencies that create the need for such a word.
The African Peer Review Process (APRM) is getting underway in Zambia. Although in its preparatory stages – with the political responsibility having recently shifted from the ministry of foreign affairs to the ministry of justice – there is a palpable sense of excitement amongst Zambian civil society.
I WISH to respond to minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi’s article (Weekend Argus, May 27), in which she questions my integrity in speaking out about South Africa’s flawed peer-review process and asserts that I have lied and “peddled half-truths”.
In August, Mauritania’s parliament voted to make slavery illegal. It is a sad comment on the longevity and resilience of slavery that this occurred on the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire.
On October 21, we celebrated if indeed we noticed it at all African Human Rights Day, commemorating the date in 1986 when the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights came into effect.
Does governance matter in attracting firms to invest in Africa? Yes, if investors’ statements are to be taken at face value.
As primeiras eleições multi-partidárias em Moçambique, no ano de 1994, marcaram um ponto na história, pondo fim 17 anos de conflito político, instabilidade e guerra civil, e encerrando um capítulo sobre mais de um século de governo autoritário que começou com a colonização Portuguesa.
L’objectif de cette étude est de comprendre la nature et le fonctionnement de la démocratie parlementaire durant la transition politique de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC).
The SAIIA Country Report series, published in 2001 and 2002, includes a detailed look at various countries in Africa and beyond.
Africa Needs Its Own G8 Now: WE DON’T have the luxury of time. We can’t wait for the wars to cease and the Big Men to leave.
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