Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice

15.09.2006 Over 400 demonstrators were taken into custody after protests were staged in 34 urban centers in Zimbabwe Wednesday. Psychologist and Zimbabwe Social Forum member Maggie Makanza explores why the opposition in Zimbabwe has not been effective.

17.07.2006 Juxtaposed to the estimated $1 billion that left Katanga province alone in 2005 is the unending suffering of the average Congolese, who lives on about $100 a year. But a window of opportunity exists to break the cycle of pillage, says the Friends of the Congo advocacy group.

06.07.2006 The DRC's July 30th elections are shaping up to be little more than a rubber stamp for those in power, which is exactly what Western powers need to help them maintain control over the region's tremendous resources, explains political scientist Georges Nzongola-Ntalaj.

21.06.2006 Ahead of the July African Union Summit on 25 June in Banjul, Faith Cheruiyot looks at contrasting experiences from two largely Islamic west African countries that reveal the importance of the AU Protocol on Women’s Rights in Africa.

02.06.2006 Soren Ambrose blames the International Monetary Fund's obsession with low inflation rates for the deterioration in health standards in Kenya.