OINT PLANNING: From left Mr Ishmael Chiposyo, Project Advisor; Ms Kerstin Siebke, Quality Assurance expert; Dr Adane Ghebremeskel, Thematic Leader; Robson Chakwana, Program Manager from GIZ; SADC PF Secretary General; and Mr. Sheuneni Kurasha, Manager of the Programme on Democracy, Governance & Human Rights at SADC PF during a joint planning meeting last week. Photo: Moses Magadza, SADC PF
New SADC PF and GIZ Project to enhance accountability and citizen participation
Moses Magadza By Moses Magadza Windhoek, Namibia – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) have concluded a joint meeting to discuss steps leading to a signing…
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Hamas official Basem Naim [PalinfoAr/Twitter]
Hamas: Trump reinforcing ‘law of the jungle at the international level’
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Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, the Co-Coordinator of the Progressive International
States Coordinate Measures Against Israel’s Violations of International Law
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Trump: ‘US will take over the Gaza Strip’
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A general view of artisanal miners working at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi on October 12, 2022. - Some 20,000 people work at Shabara, in shifts of 5,000 at a time. Congo produced 72 percent of the worlds cobalt last year, according to Darton Commodities. And demand for the metal is exploding due to its use in the rechargeable batteries that power mobile phones and electric cars. But the countrys poorly regulated artisanal mines, which produce a small but not-negligeable percentage of its total output, have tarnished the image of Congolese cobalt. (Photo by Junior KANNAH / AFP) (Photo by JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images)
South African Capitalist Exploitation of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Eldorado Park residents appeal for government intervention against dangerously polluted river
Eldorado Park residents appeal for government intervention against dangerously polluted river
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SPECIAL ENVOY OF ALGERIA’S PRESIDENT VISITS BOTSWANA
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Imperialism, Neo-colonialism, and the Struggle for the Liberation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
Rejecting U.S. Plans to Imprison Migrants at Guantanamo
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© MONUSCO/Kevin Jordan UN police officers talk to displaced people in a camp close to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo provincial capital Goma.
DR Congo emergency: next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies
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