Yesterday’s election, the first round of five, went off without a hitch. There was record turn out, with long lines everywhere brimming with people eager to participate in the selection of leaders directly for the first time in 17 years. This morning we awoke to the news that one political party, the party [...]

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Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan biologist, environmentalist, activist and winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Price. In her most recent work, The Challenge for Africa, she writes:
“The exercise of good leadership would end government violations of human rights and restrictions on freedoms such as the right to move, assemble, access information, and organize. [...]

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Another friend visited Matara this week. Brian was with Mark, Sarah, David and Sydneyanne on that first visit to Bubanza to meet some of our Batwa friends. He shared in the sights, sounds and sadness of the living conditions in that roadside village. And he dreamed with Claude, Mark, David and [...]

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