Local human rights advocacy group, ZimRights has condemned what it describes as violent repression and systematic rights violations in the recent Tanzania general elections calling for urgent regional and global intervention. ZimRights said the period following the 29 October vote had been marked by intimidation, attacks
Local civic society organisations under the auspices of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) have called on the Ugandan authorities to exercise peace and restraint ahead of the country’s Presidential elections scheduled for January 14, 2021. The call comes at a time violence erupted in Uganda after
The Parliamentary Committee on Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services says it is deliberating on observations made by international organisations with regards to media reforms in the country during elections. Speaking at an Election Resource Centre (ERC) briefing with the Committee, Chegutu West legislator Webster Shamu said
Civic Society Organisations in Zimbabwe under the umbrella of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have implored Nigerian authorities to desist from using excessive force to quell citizens unrest over police brutality. The #EndSARS demonstration began early this month with Nigerians calling for an end to police
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s envoys failed to meet with members of the opposition despite an earlier commitment to seek their views on the current political situation in the country. Speaking following the ‘snub’, Biti said
The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Kwesi Quartey has called for the immediate removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the west. Addressing delegates during the ongoing Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable AU deputy Chairperson Kwesi Quartey, said sanctions on Zimbabwe are hindering
Political analysts and human rights defenders have come out guns blazing against the Southern Development Community (SADC)'s soft hand on the recent military crackdown on civilians in Zimbabwe following a violent national shutdown. Yesterday, SADC called for the removal of sanctions while condemning the demonstrations that
I have been following closely events in South Africa, as they mark Women's Week - with special focus on gender-based violence - and this led me to make comparisons between abusers and leaders we have on the African continent. What type of person would beat up,
Local civic groups have called on regional and international bodies including Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and African Union (AU) to urgently and expeditiously facilitate the resolution of the current political impasse and an urgent return to constitutionalism. Addressing the media in Harare on Wednesday, spokesperson
For a day or two, Zimbabwe literally stopped functioning as every citizen waited impatiently for a cabinet reshuffle as announced by President Robert Mugabe during a Zanu PF youths meeting in Harare. Many conspiracies were thrown around with the reshuffle seen as the final nail on
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