Botswana accepts San as indigenous to the Okavango Delta

Botswana accepts San as indigenous to the Okavango Delta

38th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee gave its approval to inscribe the Okavango Delta as Botswana’s second World Heritage Site. 

GDP is Macho and Keeps Women Poor

GDP is Macho and Keeps Women Poor

GDP tool and model is macho and masks inequalities – especially gendered inequalities. 

Searching for his soul

Telling heroes tales

Restoring the soul of the Khoi-San

Role of Britain and British extractive companies in Africa

Undermining Africa's wealth

Britain's role in extracting continent's resources

Justice must be part of post-2015 development framework

Development needs justice

Access to justice must be part of post-2015 agenda

Right of Access to Information, A tool for environmental & socio-economic rights protection

Of particular importance is Section 62 (1) and (2) of the Constitution which for the first time, establishes the human right of access to information.

SADC-ESN reaffirms need for transparent, accountable and credible elections
Levi Kabwato | Jan 19th, 2015
Sipho Malunga, OSISA Director, chats SADC-ESN delegates.

Free, fair and credible elections in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) remain a prerequisite to democratisation, members of the SADC Electoral Support Network (SADC-ESN) have reaffirmed.

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audit report on Mozambican criminal justice system

Ground-breaking audit report on Mozambican criminal justice system launched
Comprehensive information on the legal frameworks regulating the criminal justice system as well as a structural and functional analysis of caseflow management and conditions of detention.
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Why is it that Nothing Shifts? Looking in the wrong places for change
In a world that is characterised by multiple crises, it is easy to despair. Poverty and inequality is on the rise, biodiversity is being lost at an alarming rate, greenhouse gases are on the rise, and scientists are telling us that something needs to be done.
Responsible Agricultural Investment in Africa

“Land grabs” and Responsible Agricultural Investment in Africa

Can land grabs by foreign investors in developing countries feed the hungry? So says the press release for a recent, and unfortunate, economic study. It comes just as civil society and government delegates gather in Rome this week to negotiate guidelines for “responsible

Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Food Security in Zambia post-2015

While Zambia’s is undergoing rapid development, it still faces food security challenges, but a joint research project is looking at how these can be tackled, looking forward to how countries in southern Africa can achieve sustainable forms of development, as envisaged by the

A Survey Report on the application of bail and bond in Zambia

Incarceration should be used only as a measure of last resort on the basis of proportionality and reasonableness. Many defendants around the world are unable to secure their right to freedom.  

Fight for LGBTI rights in Zambia undermined by homophobic media

The need for dialogue on the status of men who have sex with men (MSM) in relation to access to health, and HIV and AIDS 

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