Staff Reporter
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/ 16 July 2004

Zuma tantrum hints at tougher Zim stand

The angry response of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to the Mail & Guardian‘s report on the African Union summit last week gave a signal that the South African government is hardening its stance on Zimbabwe. Zuma denied supporting Zimbabwe’s move to stifle a report by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights critical of that country’s human rights record.

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/ 16 July 2004

Another blow to freedom of speech in Senegal

On Tuesday most independent Senegalese newspapers stayed off the streets. Commercial radio stations substituted music for news bulletins and reported only items related to the imprisonment of Madiambal Diagne, publication director of independent daily Le Quotidien. Diagne has been held since July 9 for publishing articles about alleged fraud in the customs service.

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/ 16 July 2004

Sudan the key to regional peace

Peace in the Sudan is undoubtedly overdue. It is important for Sudan’s neighbouring countries. Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Kenya harbour refugees from the long-running civil war. Uganda continues to encounter the terror and abductions perpetrated by the child soldiers of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which is based in southern Sudan.