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South Africa’s President will not be able to attend this week’s Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali. But his office insists it’s no snub to Rwandan President Paul Kagame — it’s just that his diary is full.

Indeed, the Commonwealth will no doubt bring vast opportunities as it is home to almost one-third of the world's population, and predictably all eyes will be on the host, Rwanda, a key member of the EAC.

Indeed, the Commonwealth will no doubt bring vast opportunities as it is home to almost one-third of the world's population, and predictably all eyes will be on the host, Rwanda, a key member of the EAC.

24 civil society organisations express grave concerns about the human rights situation in Rwanda as it prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in June 2022. The silence of the Commonwealth on Rwanda’s human rights records risks undermining the organisation’s human rights mandate, as well as its integrity and credibility.

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Though the judiciary and President Cyril Ramaphosa are Lindiwe Sisulu’s main targets, she does not appear to have thought through the implications of such a wide-ranging attack on the country’s institutions. It amounts to a repudiation of the history, legacy and foundational commitments of...

Of course, President Muhammadu Buhari does not share their sentiments hence he withheld his assent of the Electoral Act Amendment bill, 2021

The passing of South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, raises pressing questions about a complex historical character who, according to his brother, Willem de Klerk, slowly outgrew apartheid. In a critical sense, he was bound, understandably, by both time and context: race, the need to defend a racial hierarchy, the historical role of a segregationist system that saw his all-white National Party retain power for decades. By Binoy Kampmark

What has always fascinated me most about Oliver Tambo is how he managed simultaneously to travel the world as a suave-suited diplomat striding the corridors of international power and be guerrilla Commander-in-Chief in combat fatigues in the camps of Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.

. . implicit bargain under scrutiny