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Update on the status of democracy, rule of law and
Update on the status of democracy, rule of law and
Two days after Burundi was elected a member of the
The UN Human Rights Council’s adoption of a resolution on
In a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group
The period 2013-2022 witnessed normative developments regarding various rights as
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Sudan: there is no more time to lose for the
Martial Pa’nucci is a child of what is fondly known as Africa’s second liberation. In 1990 when he was born, the Republic of Congo, like many other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, was undergoing a transition from one-party rule to multi-party democracy, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Yet developments in ordinary people’s lives were not as optimistic. Pa’nucci was born in one of Brazzaville’s ghettos to a polygamous family of two mothers and 19 siblings, where survival was a daily exercise in courage. When he was two, his father died, followed in quick succession by many of his siblings. Pa’nucci did not start school until he was nine, and he had to do odd jobs – from barbering to plumbing to earn his stay there, lest he dropped out like many of his peers.
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