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Jan 8, 2025 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Henning Melber |Nic Cheeseman |Marisa Lourenço |John B. Nakuta
In early December 2024 the German and Namibian governments concluded negotiations over a joint declaration recognising the genocide committed by the German empire in South West Africa. Germany ruled the country as a colony between 1884 and 1915. It was declared a mandated territory by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
namibian.com.na | John B. Nakuta
On Friday, 13 December, the Electoral Court ordered the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to grant the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) and the Landless People’s Movement (LPM) access to specific statistical electoral data related to last month’s National Assembly (NA) election. This case raises a number of curious questions.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Gabrielle Lynch |John B. Nakuta |Mesrob Vartavarian
On 5 July 2024 a range of high profile commentators, leaders and journalists came together to discuss Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa’s important new book, Party Politics and Populism in Zambia: Michael Sata, 1955 – 2014.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
t.ly | Gabrielle Lynch |Tessa Diphoorn |Naomi van Stapele |John B. Nakuta
The past month has seen protests erupt across Kenya. Initially focused on the rejection of the country’s 2024 Finance Bill attention has since shifted to Ruto’s removal, police brutality, corruption, and politicians’ broken promises and lifestyles. Protests are not new to Kenya. Just last year, veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga and his Azimio la Umoja coalition called a series of protests to demand action against the country’s cost of living crisis.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | Tessa Diphoorn |Naomi van Stapele |John B. Nakuta |Olayinka Ajala
Since the early 2000s, Kenya has come up with legislative changes and thrown a tremendous amount of funding at a range of reforms to improve the relationship between police and citizens. Specifically, these reforms have been aimed at addressing impunity and human rights abuses. Police reform was a crucial part of president Mwai Kibaki’s government (2002-2013).
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
mambaonline.com | John B. Nakuta
The Namibian High Court recently the country’s colonial-era “sodomy law”, which had made consensual sexual acts between men a criminal offence. The court declared that the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were unconstitutional. This ruling follows a separate decision in 2023 where Namibia’s supreme court ruled to recognise certain same-sex unions contracted outside the country.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | John B. Nakuta |Nic Cheeseman |Shamira Ahmed
Our sister show, the Resistance Bureau, has a great Twitter Space coming up taking a deeper look at Kenya’s recent Gen-Z protests. Check it out 👇How far will Kenya’s Gen-Z protests go? And will they be the beginning of an African Youth-Quake? Join this Twitter space with a great line up of speakers and have your say!Thursday 11 July, 4:00PM UK time 6:00PM Kenya timeWanjira WanjiruBoniface MwangiNerimo WakoNic Cheeseman… and more TBC …Set a reminder now by clicking here.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
democracyinafrica.org | John B. Nakuta |Shamira Ahmed |Graham Joseph |Mesrob Vartavarian
The Namibian high court recently the country’s colonial-era “sodomy law”, which had made consensual sexual acts between men a criminal offence. The court declared that the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were unconstitutional. This ruling follows a separate decision in 2023 where Namibia’s supreme court ruled to recognise certain same-sex unions contracted outside the country.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | John B. Nakuta
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | John B. Nakuta
The Namibian high court recently the country’s colonial-era “sodomy law”, which had made consensual sexual acts between men a criminal offence. The court declared that the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were unconstitutional. This ruling follows a separate decision in 2023 where Namibia’s supreme court ruled to recognise certain same-sex unions contracted outside the country.
