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POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation By Mustapha Muhammad KANO - Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s most populous nation, women politicians and activists say. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"? By Mohamadou Houmfa YAOUNDE - A support network for women's political participation, is challenging head-on what it calls "electoral apathy", after noting a growing trend in electoral abstention. MORE >>
KENYA: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Sets Back Women’s Rights By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - Lillian Mutuku, a 34-year-old mother of three, describes her home in Katine area, in Kenya’s Eastern province Tala, as a harsh place to live. The soil is poor, she says, the sun beats down mercilessly and vegetation is sparse. MORE >>
SOMALIA: U.S. Should Accept Islamist Authority, Report Says By Charles Fromm and Mohammed A. Salih WASHINGTON - The United States should accept an "Islamist authority" in Somalia as part of a "constructive disengagement" strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new report released here by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday. MORE >>
RIGHTS: Africa's Success Stories in Gender Empowerment By Thalif Deen* - IPS/TerraViva UNITED NATIONS - Whenever gender empowerment is a vibrant topic of discussion internationally, some of the countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America are invariably singled out for their success stories in politics, education, health care or civil liberties even as Africa is mostly left out of political reckoning - and wrongly so. MORE >>
KENYA: New Bill to Improve State Witness Protection, If Passed By Mary Kiio NAIROBI - Kenyans affected by the violence that erupted after the country’s disputed presidential elections in 2007 may soon be able to speak out without fear. A new bill will offer better protection to state witnesses. MORE >>
ENVIRONMENT-UGANDA: Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual. But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in eastern Uganda. MORE >>
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: ‘We Will Demonstrate, As They Celebrate’ By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - ‘Equal rights; equal opportunities’ may be the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day, but while women around the world celebrate, a group of Ugandan women are protesting against the suppression of their rights. MORE >>
UGANDA: Pressure Mounts to Make Public Oil Agreements By Joshua Kyalimpa KAMPALA - Uganda’s members of parliament (MPs) are pressurising government to make public details of oil production-sharing agreements it signed with various international oil companies. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Constitution in the Limelight By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - A new play, Waiting for Constitution has generated great interest among politicians and civil society groups anxious to get consultations over drafting a new constitution under way. MORE >>
RIGHTS: What Fish may do for Western Sahara By David Cronin BRUSSELS - Legal advice stating that European vessels have no justification to fish off Western Sahara - a territory occupied by Morocco - has provoked a row between the main political institutions in Brussels. MORE >>
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