Human rights organisations on Africa are growing in number, if not in influence
Since the end of the Cold War, international non-governmental organisations working on human rights in Africa have been reassessing their operations and roles. Robust local human rights organisations have grown up within Africa, such as Lawyers for Human Rights in South Africa or Nigeria’s Civil Liberties Organisation. A Southern African Development Community network of human rights NGOs will be launched in November. Women and law networks have sprung up, especially in east and southern Africa, with a special focus on women’s property and inheritance rights.
The UN is making progress on the military front but can't find a job for the rebel leader
Piece by piece, Angolans and the United Nations are knitting the government and rebel armies together but the critical issue – the future role of Jonas Savimbi – is unresolved. Unt...
The municipal elections may comfort the opposition without shaking the President
Elections in Senegal tend to breed crises. In 1983, 1988 and 1993, they ended in violence and gaol for opposition politicians. No such fireworks are expected at the municipal polls...
