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No. 3 / 2000

Which Way, Namibia

By: Henning Melber*
Research Director at the Institute

Celebrating Independence on 21st March 1990, the sovereign Republic of Namibia had been welcome to the international community of states as a success story. It marked the end of more than a century of oppressive colonial rule characterized by organized racial domination. Ending such intolerable anachronism of systematic violation against human rights towards the end of the twentieth century was a long overdue correction of moral injustice and in itself an achievement that marked historic progress.

Foot notes: *This article is posted with the express permission of Dr. Henning Melber dated October 12, 2000. Dr. Melber, himself a Namibian, is Research Director at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. From 1992 to 2000 he was Director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit in Windhoek.

Published: Sep 30, 2000 - 09:32 AM
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Press Releases: NAMIBIANS TO REPORT TO ANGOLAN EMBASSY?

October 27, 2000

NSHR is seriously concerned and 'smells a rat' about media reports that the Angolan Consulate in Rundu has started with the registration of "Angolan nationals" in Namibia. An NBC radio report stated that "the registration process, which began on Tuesday, involves the issuing of Angolan consulate identity cards and birth certificates to young Angolans born in Namibia".

Published: Sep 27, 2000 - 01:17 AM
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Press Releases: Petition for Urgent Investigation of Abuses and Support for Resumption of Dialogue in Angola

October 12, 2000

Dr. Germain Baricako
Secretary to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Kariba Avenue
P. O. Box 673
BANJUL
The Gambia

per fax: +220 390 764

Subj: Petition for Urgent Investigation of Abuses and Support for Resumption of Dialogue in Angola

May this please you, Sir.

Kindly bring this Petition to the attention of the Commissioners under paragraph 9 of the Draft Agenda for the 28th Ordinary Session scheduled for October 23- November 6, 2000.

Published: Sep 12, 2000 - 01:06 AM
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