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Conflicts over urban agriculture in Harare, Zimbabwe

by Anna Brazier Winter in Harare is almost over. Walking my kids to school in the morning across frosty vleis, strewn with festering rubbish, we see the first signs of the agricultural season awakening. Litter is being raked into piles, … read more »

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Egypt’s ruling party crushes opposition in vote

Egyptians voted on Sunday in a run-off parliamentary election which President Hosni Mubarak’s party will win almost unchallenged after the two biggest opposition groups quit a contest they said was rigged. The National Democratic Party (NDP), which has never lost … read more »

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Egypt opposition Tagammu members press for boycott

Members of Egyptian opposition socialist party Tagammu pressed the group’s leader to withdraw from the second round of parliamentary elections they said were tainted by vote rigging, a party official said on Friday. The push comes after Egypt’s two biggest … read more »

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Egypt’s opposition groups quit “rigged” vote

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest opposition bloc in the outgoing parliament, and a smaller party withdrew on Wednesday from an election they said was rigged by thugs, ballot box stuffing and other ploys. Sunday’s first round set up President Hosni … read more »

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Egypt’s ruling Party wiped out its Islamist opponents

Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party wiped out its Islamist opponents from parliament in the first round of a disputed election, according to official results. The NDP won 209 of 221 seats in the first round of voting on Sunday. Two-hundred-and-eighty-seven … read more »

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Egypt’s ruling party wins most seats in 1st round

CAIRO – President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party has captured nearly all the parliament seats that were decided in a first round of voting, according to results from elections that Egypt’s opposition has decried as riddled with violations. Egypt’s largest opposition … read more »

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