Quotes

‘A lot needs to be done in order to deal with the gaps in governance, criminal justice and regulatory enforcement.’

  – Justice Minister Titus Mvalo, after the World Justice Project ranked Malawi as the second-best performing country globally in upholding the rule of law among low-income nations

 

 ‘Protests are being clamped down on, and people who are pushing for their rights or even commenting on government policies and measures are being hunted down.’ 

–  Mausi Segun, head of the Human Rights Watch Africa division

 

‘We’ll protest every single day. If it means paralysing the country for the entire term, we will paralyse it for the entire term.’

 –  Mozambique’s opposition leader Venancio Mondlane on the eve of new President Daniel Chapo’s inauguration

 

The army is ‘responsible for the routine and intentional denial of humanitarian access, using food deprivation as a war tactic.’

 –  US Government when sanctioning Sudan's head of army and de facto President General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

 

 ‘SA is not a banana republic where the state can act with impunity. The Constitution and international law demand justice, and Saftu will fight for it.’

South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, on holding the government responsible for the deaths of illegal miners