Fwd: African Arguments Update: Zimbabwe elections: how Tsvangirai can beat Mugabe

[Elisabeth Janaina]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Royal African Society <mt...@soas.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Subject: African Arguments Update: Zimbabwe elections: how Tsvangirai can beat Mugabe
To: elisabet...@gmail.com

This is the weekly email update from African Arguments - online comment and analysis from the Royal African Society Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend African Arguments Weekly Briefing Thank you for signing up for the African Arguments weekly briefing. African Arguments is the Royal African Society's online discussion site for African current affairs.  We will be highlighting the week's top articles so you never miss any great material on African Arguments. Congo: Pygmy women leader appointed minister in South Kivu On June 5th, Governor Marcellin Chisambo announced a reshuffle of the government of the Congolese province of South Kivu. Three weeks ago, three ministers were thrown out following a motion of no confidence in the provincial Parliament. One of the new ministers is Adolphine Byayuwa Muley, 42 years old. She will lead the ministry of environment and agriculture. Read in Full Zimbabwe elections: How Tsvangirai can beat Mugabe On Friday the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that the upcoming elections must be held by the 31st of July. This development confirms the suspicions of many that ZANU-PF intends to hold elections immediately after the expiry of the coalition government (29th June). This then leaves just a few weeks to carry out political and security sector reforms necessary for a free and fair election. Triggered by an application challenging President Mugabe to announce an election date, the Constitutional Court’s ruling has been interpreted by opposition groups as yet another trick from the ZANU–PF political playbook. The allegation is that through this ruling (by a partisan court) ZANU–PF has effectively declared an election date. Read in Full Libya: anarchy reigns May 2013 was just another humdrum month in Libya. It witnessed more deadly explosions, a prolonged siege of government ministries, the disappearance of a popular militia leader, the closure of the Sebha airport by militiamen as retaliation, a declaration of Cyrenaica’s semi-autonomy by self-styled provincial leaders, the resignation of Libya’s president, and the start of the witch hunt to cleanse the public sphere from those who served the Qadhafi regime in any capacity. Read in Full On Darfur and the death of Mohammad Bashar The second honeymoon of Darfur’s Doha peace process lasted just over a month.  On April 6, Mohammad Bashar, leader of the Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan (hence referred to as JEM-Bashar) signed the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD; English, Arabic) in the ballroom of the Doha Ritz-Carlton hotel. Read in Full  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2013 Royal African Society, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website www.africanarguments.org Our mailing address is: Royal African Society Royal African Society 36 Gordon Square London, Eng WC1H 0PD United Kingdom Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences