01 October, 2009

Moçambique: Isto cheira mesmo à batota

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- documentos comprovativos demonstram que os processos do MDM estranhamente sumiram da CNE
- CNE mandou, ao CC, documentos falseados e este último órgão (CC), ignorando completamente a justificativa da reclamação do MDM decidiu, única e exclusivamente, com base nos documentos falseados da CNE
- Daviz Simango, num discurso conciliador pede que se faça justiça no dia da votação e pede aos órgãos judiciais para avançar com uma investigação séria porque o extravio de documentos na CNE constitui um crime público

Africans must confront prejudice and stereotypes

Mail & Guardian, Vusi Gumede
... gender tests — the invention of the West to keep away Africans from competitive sports..."
It is evident that even a well educated person can get things 'all wrong' (BH)

Foresting the Sahara

New Statesman, Alyssa McDonald
A plan to turn the Sahara into a forest is not about reducing carbon emissions at all.

Mozambique: CC should rethink ( Joseph Hanlon)

Mozambique political process bulletin

Documents presented by the MDM show that the CNE’s mapa de controlo does not
correspond to some of its own official documents. The Constitutional Council accepted in good faith that the mapa de controlo was an accurate record, and thus did not ask individual parties to respond. At the very least, we now must accept that the mapa de controlo may not be accurate. Does the receipt given by the CNE to the MDM for its Maputo province list, which is an official record, have a different standing that the mapa de controlo? One says the MDM should be able to stand in Maputo province, while the other says not – so the difference is not trivial. The Constitutional Council has broad and flexible powers. Under a very tight deadline, it acted in good faith in accepting the mapa de controlo. First, it should publish the entire mapa de controlo. And second, it must reconsider its decisions and allow the parties to present any evidence that the mapa de controlo is wrong.

International court to act over Kenyan election violence

The Indepedent, Aaron Gray-Block
The International Criminal Court prosecutor intends to pursue charges against "those most responsible" for Kenya's 2008 post-election violence.