Re: SECURITY FORCES’ USE OF FIREARMS AGAINST PROTESTORS President His Excellency Ngwazi Professor Bingu Wa Mutharika Office of the President and Cabinet Capital Hill Circle Private Bag 301 Capital City, Lilongwe…
Insufficient knowledge about contraceptive methods and how to use them and fear of social disapproval are included as main reasons for the unmet need for family planning and contraceptives. These…
JOHANNESBURG – Regional and continental legal bodies have condemned the suspension of Swazi High Court Justice, Thomas Masuku, and demanded his immediate reinstatement – as well as urging South Africa to…
What does the decision of a US court sitting in New York have to do with our HIV work here in Africa? Turns out a lot. Yesterday the US Court of Appeals for…
Local papers in Malawi are reporting that Former President of Botswana Festus Mogae and Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda have denounced the criminalization of same sex relationships in Malawi and the rest of southern Africa.…
Former presidents of Botswana and Zambia, Festus Mogae and Kenneth Kaunda have condemned the criminalization of homosexuality and sex work by Malawi and some African countries, warning that would inhibit…
JOHANNESBURG – The leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have dealt a potentially fatal blow to the rule of law in the region by suspending the work of the…
JOHANNESBURG – With the rule of law under threat in much of the region, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers are meeting this week to decide the fate of the SADC…
JOHANNESBURG – It is with shock and deep sadness that we at the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) learn about yesterday’s brutal…
The Windhoek High Court will continue hearing the case of three HIV-positive women who were allegedly subjected to sterilization without their consent at public hospitals in Namibia on 18 January.…