Fwd: Lungu fights the law | Congo's opposition elites | The world abandons Rwandans

[Elisabeth Janaina]

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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:49:03 +0000
Subject: Lungu fights the law | Congo's opposition elites | The world
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This week's highlights from African Arguments.
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http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/10/zambia-lungu-attacks-law-body-but-dictatorship-remains-out-of-reach/


** Why dictatorship is out of reach for Zambia's Lungu
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/10/zambia-lungu-attacks-law-body-but-dictatorship-remains-out-of-reach/)
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The well-regarded Law Association of Zambia has become the latest
target of President Edgar Lungu's slide towards authoritarianism. In
keeping with his administration's strategy of trying to discredit
critical voices, he accuses the statutory body of being partisan and
politically-motivated.

Will this all end in dictatorship? Perhaps, but Lungu currently lacks
the legitimacy, charisma and resources to sustain such a regime.
http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/11/dr-congo-opposition-elites-wont-save-us/


** DR Congo: Opposition elites won’t save us
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/11/dr-congo-opposition-elites-wont-save-us/)
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As President Joseph Kabila maintains his grip on power and instability
grows, observers are putting their hopes for change in a handful of
prominent opposition leaders: Moise Katumbi, Vital Kamerhe, Felix
Tshisekedi and Sindika Dokolo, to name a few.

But many Congolese see these men as elites like Kabila, who have
contributed to the very situation in which the country now finds
itself.
http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/10/paul-kagames-life-presidency-the-world-abandons-rwanda-again/


** The world abandons Rwanda again
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/10/paul-kagames-life-presidency-the-world-abandons-rwanda-again/)
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Following President Paul Kagame's electoral victory with 99% of the
vote, his former chief of staff now in exile in the US speaks out.
Theogene Rudasingwa, Kagame's right hand man from 2000 to 2004,
accuses Kagame of war crimes and atrocities in Rwanda and neighbouring
DR Congo.

With its uncritical support of Kagame, he accuses the international
community of turning its back on Rwandans as it has done time and
again in the past.
http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/11/photo-of-the-week-firing-it-up-in-mali/


** Photo of the Week: Firing it up in Mali
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/11/photo-of-the-week-firing-it-up-in-mali/)
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In our Photo of the Week feature, we will be showcasing one of the
boldest and most beautiful images, old or new, that we’ve come across
that week.

If you'd like to suggest or submit a photograph to be featured, please
get in touch by email.

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Most read articles on African Arguments this week:

1) ** Paul Kagame’s life-presidency: The world abandons Rwanda again
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/10/paul-kagames-life-presidency-the-world-abandons-rwanda-again/)

2) ** How the young and restless could change Kenya’s political future
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/04/how-the-young-and-the-restless-could-change-kenyas-political-future/)

3) ** Call it a comeback: Israel’s grand “return” to Africa
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/08/03/call-it-a-comeback-israels-grand-return-to-africa/)

4) ** Understanding Kenya’s rejected ballots – By Aly Verjee
(http://africanarguments.org/2013/03/06/understanding-kenyas-rejected-ballots-by-aly-verjee/)

5) ** Kenya’s 2017 elections will be like none before. Here’s why.
(http://africanarguments.org/2017/07/10/kenya-2017-elections-will-be-like-none-before-heres-why/)
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