http://www.pambazuka.net/en/category.php/features/94279 FEATURES 'Under no circumstances' clause is inviolable On Rwanda's presidential terms limit in the 2003 constitution Charles KM Kambanda 2015-03-25, Issue  719 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/94279 Printer friendly version c c IN  There is no legal instrument or method to circumvent the presidential terms limit under Article 101 of Rwanda's constitution, save for a coup which would suspend or abrogate the constitution in its entirety. By the letter and spirit of the 2003 constitution, while the length of a presidential term may be decreased or increased from the current seven years, the two terms limit cannot be legally lifted. A systematic move to drop presidential terms limit to allow the incumbent Paul Kagame to run for the same office after his two constitutional terms expire in 2017 has gained momentum in Rwanda. Top Kagame regime officials are on a crusa...

  humanitarian news and analysis Table of contents 1. Killing us softly 2. Nigeria's election - "anything fit happen" Killing us softly HONG KONG, 27 March 2015 (IRIN) - Of the 100 million Chinese who watched a documentary - later censored - about air pollution in their country, 172,000 are likely to die this year from air pollution-related diseases. Read report online Nigeria's election - "anything fit happen" ABUJA, 27 March 2015 (IRIN) - Nigeria is increasingly tense in the countdown to presidential elections on Saturday. President Goodluck Jonathan is facing an exceptionally strong challenge from former military ruler, General Muhammadu Buhari. Never has a pr...

  And yet in one important respect he [King Paul] has failed. In history's judgment, leaders are only as good as the successors they groom. Mr Kagame has sacked or chased away just about everyone around him who could take over. Some have fled the country and a few have died in mysterious circumstances; others went to prison. In Rwanda it feels inconceivable that anyone could replace Mr Kagame, who last year said that dissidents plotting against the government would "pay the price wherever they are." http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21647365-successful-man-no-successor-king-paul ### "Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate. Only Love Can Do That",  Dr. Martin Luther King . __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply vi...

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