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Doublespeak: Second Vice President, Enock Kamzingeni Chihana. Photo: Mikel Images

Malawian state’s rhetoric belies reality

Communities grapple daily with failing health services, entrenched corruption and gender inequality, leaving women and girls literally walking for survival

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Malian police dispersed a demonstration against the presence of the French army in the country, on the fifth anniversary of the French military intervention. (Voice of America Africa via Wikimedia Commons)

Strength in exile: West African defenders building Hope across borders

With greater support for protection systems, human rights defenders can overcome the many obstacles that have been thrown in their path

  • Eyaaz
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Members of the Black Sash and Movement for Colonial Freedom and the Black march to South Africa House in London to deliver a memorandum to South African prime minister JG Strijdom. Photo: ulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images

Apartheid, crimes against humanity: How the law remembers the past

The 80th anniversary of WWII is an opportune moment to reflect on the future of justice in South Africa

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Paramedics tend to a person injured by police during protests in Mbabane in 2021 as security forces cracked down on pro-democracy protests in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Photo: AFP

eSwatini’s 20 years of constitutionalism characterised by a crackdown on freedom of expression

The country’s revival of the Sedition and Subversion Act is a revival of a colonial law that stifles human rights.

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Academics say claims by politicians and on social media are fueling xenophobia and could compromise their safety. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance /Getty Images

South African research funds ‘at risk’ over Gaza stance

A number of local universities may face cuts to their funding after cutting ties with Israeli institutions

  • Eyaaz
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In Africa, refugees struggle to enjoy human rights and freedoms.

African governments pay lip service to the human rights of refugees

Those on the fringes of society are too easily excluded from political and democratic affairs

  • Eyaaz
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Africa must have permanent representation on UN Security Council

The British high commissioner to South Africa reflects on the value of the United Nations for the UK and South Africa to achieve shared objectives

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