Some African Constitutions Give Voice to Grass Roots, Disenfranchised

April 16, 2012

 Nigeria and Ethiopia have adopted sovereign systems that concede adults to elect their possess member during a state and internal levels. The states also have their possess courts and can collect taxes for their possess use.

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A male casts his list in during Kenya’s inherent referendum i 2010. It gives larger liberty to state governments.

Dele Olowu, a consultant on governance issues and boss of a Africa-Europe Foundation formed in The Hague [the Netherlands], pronounced “The vital shortcoming of internal governments,” he said, “includes simple health services, simple education, farming roads and mercantile formulation for a region, for their territorial space.  And of march water, sanitation….”

Ethiopia: The Bridge on the Road(map) to Democracy By Alemayehu G Mariam

April 16, 2012

 Last week I had an opportunity to address a town hall meeting in Seattle sponsored by the Ethiopian Public Forum in Seattle (EPFS), a civil society organization dedicated to promoting broad dialogue, debate and discussion on Ethiopia’s future. I was asked to articulate my views on Ethiopia’s transition from dictatorships to democracy in light of my recent emphatic commentaries on the subject.

Human Rights Defenders,CSOs Meet in Banjul Ahead of 51st African Commission …

April 16, 2012

 The African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS), on Saturday, strictly non-stop a NGO Forum that precedes a 51st Ordinary Session of a African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and a 25th African Human Right Book Fair. The NGO forum that commenced from 14th to 16th April, brought together Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations opposite a universe to brainstorm on issues concerning Human Rights in Africa.

Ethiopia: The Bridge on a Road(map) to Democracy By Alemayehu G Mariam

April 16, 2012

Last week we had an event to residence a city gymnasium open in Seattle sponsored by a Ethiopian Public Forum in Seattle (EPFS), a polite multitude classification dedicated to compelling extended dialogue, discuss and contention on Ethiopia’s future. we was asked to clear my views on Ethiopia’s transition from dictatorships to democracy in light of my new fatiguing commentaries on a subject.