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The
election situation in Zimbabwe is unacceptable
African
CSOs
June 27, 2008
African Civil
Society expressed their positions on the Key issues of the 11th
African Union Summit Agenda, in Sharm El Sheikh. During a press
conference today CSOs' representative launched a declaration
with forty-three recommendations covering all pressing issues of
Africa.
Talking about
the situation in Zimbabwe, Mr. Allioune Tine, Secretary General
of RADDHO said, "The election situation in Zimbabwe is unacceptable.
What is the point of having elections in Africa, if it will always
end up by power a sharing system? The Kenyan example should not
be a model for Africa."
" We are
calling the African Union for an immediate prioritization and action
on the audit recommendations." said Ms. Yemisrach Kebede,
Director of the CCP-AU. "We urge our leaders to speed up the
process of free movement for African Citizens. This is a fundamental
prerequisite to making the union government a reality", she
added.
On the issue
of food crisis in Africa, CSOs urge that African member states put
in place strong short-term measures to mitigate the impact of rising
food prices and the global crisis ensuing from it.
In her recommendation
regarding the merging the African Court of Justice and Human Rights,
Mrs. Osai Ojigho, Programme Officer for Alliances for African Secretariat-CEAC
said, " It is not acceptable that the new merged court isn't
open to the actual victims of human right abuse. We urge our leaders
to open up access to the court to citizens and CSOs.
Contacts available for interview:
- Mr. Allioune
Tine, Secretary General of RADDHO (French and English): Tel: +201
6997 02 73
- Ms. Yemisrach
Kebede, Director of CCP-AU (French and English): Tel: +201 63416487
- Mrs. Osai
Ojigho, Programme Officer for Alliances for African Secretariat
CEAC: Tel: +234 8033949983
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