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Sep 12, 2011 Africa: Dead End for Diamond Monitoring?
According to a new analysis from Partnership Africa Canada,
the Kimberley Process, a joint government-industry-civil
society group intended to monitor "conflict diamonds" is
"unable and unwilling to hold to account participating
countries that repeatedly break the rules." Unless
governments are willing to support significant reforms,
which seems unlikely, activists must seek other mechanisms
to prevent diamonds from fueling violence and human rights
violations.
Apr 14, 2011 Zimbabwe: Hard Road to Reform
"[The] seeming lethargy of the SADC facilitation took a dramatic
turn at the SADC Troika summit in Zambia on the 31st March. [It
noted] with 'grave concern' the political polarization in
Zimbabwe characterised by the 'resurgence of violence, arrests
and intimidation.' ... Without naming Mugabe directly, [the
summit's] resolutions were arguably the most forthright
diplomatic criticism that SADC had issued of the Mugabe regime,
with the recommendations largely echoing the demands that the
MDCs and the civic movement had been making since 2009." -
Solidarity Peace Trust
Jan 26, 2011 Zimbabwe: Public Opinion Report
No one knows whether there will be an election in Zimbabwe this
year, or under what conditions. But public opinion polls show that
the majority of Zimbabweans are convinced elections should take
place, even though they also feared they would be victims of
election violence, and are increasingly reluctant to tell pollsters
for whom they might vote. While in May 2009 64 percent felt free to
choose who to vote for, only 47 percent expressed such confidence
in October 2010, a 17-point decline.
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