Tag Archives: Freedom House

Ethiopia: Mr. Obang Metho Addresses the Media Regarding Land Investment in Africa

document “Doing Business with a Dictatorship is a Risky Venture: Can an Outsider Ever Be Assured of Winning?” I would like to give a special thank you to the Centre For Social Development (CSD) in association with Indian Social Action … read more »

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Sudan Under Bashir: Trajectory of Shame and Agony

By Luka Biong Deng Sudan like other nations will celebrate the New Year but it will uniquely celebrate its 57th anniversary of independence. The real question for the Sudanese people is what the future holds for them and whether the … read more »

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Zimbabwe: Mugabe shimmies up to youth vote in advance of election

BILL CORCORAN ANALYSIS: Zimbabwe’s ageing president has little traction with the vital youth demographic ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s appearance last week in a new music video is one of many recent indications that his Zanu-PF party views the youth vote as … read more »

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Zimbabweans want vote, opposition fades -survey

Zimbabweans want a new election this year, despite violence it could unleash, while support for the opposition group that entered into power sharing with President Robert Mugabe has crumbled, a survey shows. Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, in power since 1980, was … read more »

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Ethiopia drops from ‘Partly Free’ to ‘Not Free’ in Freedom House Report

Freedom House, a group that tracks and monitors human rights abuses, is out with its latest Freedom in the World report, which describes Ethiopia as “Not Free”. This is a decline from a previous rating of “Partly Free”. The report … read more »

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