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The Africa Governance, Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) aims to monitor and promote compliance by African states with the requirements of good governance, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Find out more about us...

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“AU must be accessible to its citizens”- New guide on the Pan African organization declares

(Addis Ababa, 27 January 2010) A new guide to the African Union launched today by the Africa Governance and Monitoring Project (AfriMAP) of the Open Society Institute and Oxfam more...

'Opportunity for media law reforms has come’- new report on public broadcast media in Zimbabwe

(HARARE, 18 November 2009) A new report on public broadcasting services in Zimbabwe by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) of the Open Society Institute, more...

Lack of citizenship rights a major cause of conflict in Africa

First comprehensive analysis of Africa’s citizenship laws highlights consequences of gender and ethnic discrimination

(Kampala, Uganda, 21 October 2009)—The lack of citizenship rights generates conflict and undermines democracy in many countries in Africa, according to two new studies by the Open more...

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Strengthening Popular Participation in the African Union: A Guide to AU Structures and Processes
27 January 2010
The African Union (AU) has committed to a vision of Africa that is ‘integrated, prosperous and peaceful … driven by its own citizens, a dynamic force in the global arena.’ (Vision and Mission of the African Union, more...

Public Broadcasting in Africa Series: Zimbabwe
24 November 2009
This report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for public broadcasting more...

Citizenship Law in Africa: A comparative study
21 October 2009
Citizenship Law in Africa: A comparative study, published by two programs of the Open Society Institute (AfriMAP and the Open Society Justice Initiative), describes the often arbitrary, discriminatory, and more...

Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
21 October 2009
Hundreds of thousands of people living in Africa find themselves non-persons in the only state they have ever known. Because they are not recognised as citizens, they cannot get their children registered at birth; more...

Mozambique: Democracy and Political Participation
13 August 2009
Perhaps the greatest challenge that Mozambique faces in establishing a stable and accountable democratic government is the increasing dominance of a single political party in its political system. Thus, as important more...

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The Addis AU Summit in two acts
08/02/2010, The East African

By MUGAMBI KIAI

The 14th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union convened in Addis Ababa from January 31 to February 2 made more...

AU’s peer review lets Uganda off scot-free
08/02/2010, The East African

By L. MUTHONI WANYEKI

The coverage of the recent African Union Summit focused, unsurprisingly, on whether Libya’s President Gaddafi would retain the Chair.

He more...

Peer Review Under Scrutiny
07/02/2010, South African Institute of International Affairs (Johannesburg)

Written by Steven Gruzd

Sparks flew in dusty Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last weekend, as representatives of the 29 member states of the African Peer Review Mechanism more...