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Rwandan General shot in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — An exiled Rwandan general was shot and wounded in South Africa on Saturday in what his wife called a Rwandan-backed assassination attempt, a charge the Rwandan government dismissed…

Staff Writer19 June 2010

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Women’s rights take one step forward, two steps back

MBABANE, – Much to the frustration of gender activists, Swaziland’s Supreme Court has reversed a February 2010 High Court ruling that allowed a married woman to register property in their…

Staff Writer16 June 2010

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SA urged to probe jailing of Zim activist

The Mail and Guardian learned on Tuesday that detained Zimbabwean human rights defender Farai Maguwu had been removed from the notorious Matapi police cells in Harare. "Sometime on Saturday, he…

Staff Writer15 June 2010

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SA bar’s ‘unconstitutional’ leaders from world cup

Johannesburg — PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here yesterday afternoon to join other African leaders for the official opening of the historic Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup at Soccer City Stadium today.…

Staff Writer11 June 2010

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HIV-positive women sterilised against their will

By City Press International law recognises the widespread and forced use of this practice as a crime against humanity Anna-Maria Lombard At least 12 South African women, sterilised against their…

Staff Writer7 June 2010

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Picking up the pieces in Malawi

Human rights activists plot the path forward in the wake of the recent same-sex court case. Before the outsized international human rights outcry. Before the world had even heard of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga.…

Staff Writer3 June 2010

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Sterilisation case in court

WINDHOEK – The case in which Government is being taken to court over the alleged forced sterilisation of six women at state medical facilities reopened in the High Court yesterday,…

Staff Writer2 June 2010

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Are Namibian women being forcibly sterilised

REHOBOTH, Namibia , May 31 (IPS) – A landmark court case, alleging that HIV-positive women were forcibly sterilised in Namibian state hospitals begins in Windhoek’s High Court on Jun. 1. Human…

Staff Writer31 May 2010

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Zambia: Mandatory HIV testing of military employees

In May 2010, the High Court in Livingstone found that both petitioners, Stanley Kingaipe and Charles Chookole, were subjected to HIV testing without their informed consent in violation of their…

Staff Writer29 May 2010

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Malawi’s President pardons Monjeza and Chimbalanga

Malawi’s President announced today that he was pardoning Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, the couple would have spent 14 years in prison. The couple was imprisoned for 5 months. This…

Staff Writer29 May 2010

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