Kevin Kelley (the EastAfrican)—The United States and the East African Community signed a trade agreement last week that could eventually lead to greater access to the two sides’ respective markets.
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Abdulai Bayraytay (Concord Times)—There is a scaring political trend unfolding in the recent post-colonial history of sub-Saharan Africa that if left unchecked will replace the heinous trend of social movements of rebel wars and guerilla warfare resorted to by losing politicians after they would have lost elections. And this drift is the scandalously nauseating power sharing gimmick of giving some concessions to the opposition, banking on the false premise that this would serve as a quick panacea to negotiate post-election disagreements.
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Moses Magadza (SANF)—The 28th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government ended in South Africa on 17 August, with lots of best wishes for Zimbabwe’s political players but with no deal between the ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
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Alex Bell (AllAfrica)--Activists, trade unionists and other human rights organisations have condemned the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for ignoring the global demands to have the ban on humanitarian food aid in Zimbabwe lifted.
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