Africa
The region includes all of Africa plus the Middle East as far as Asia.
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News
22 October 2014
Nigeria: Lawmakers amend Constitution to allow Local Government Autonomy, Independent Candidacy
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News
22 October 2014
Tanzania sets constitution referendum for March
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Issue Paper
القضاء المغربي في ظل الحراك العربي: الاصلاح الدستوري الجديد، الحوار الوطني وحراك القضاة
![Tanzanian women have until now had to rely on tenuous rights to land to feed themselves and their families. Photograph: Landesa Tanzanian women. Photograph: Landesa](/sites/default/files/rvr.jpg)
Analysis
17 October 2014
Women in Tanzania set for equal land rights – let’s make sure it happens
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News
15 October 2014
Controversy dogs Tanzania's draft constitution
![Nigeria gets amended constitution in 30 days –Ekweremadu Nigeria gets amended constitution in 30 days –Ekweremadu](/sites/default/files/efwww.jpg)
News
15 October 2014
Nigeria gets amended constitution in 30 days –Ekweremadu
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Analysis
10 October 2014
Constitutionality of Constitutional Acts in Egypt: Can the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court Extend its Jurisdiction?
![Female entrepreneurs from Mndolwa village in Tanzania's Korogwe district dance after their group qualified for soft loans from the Vodacom Foundation in August this year. PHOTO/Zuberi Mussa PHOTO/Zuberi Mussa](/sites/default/files/asc.png)
News
10 October 2014
Tanzania's proposed constitution empowers women to own land
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News
10 October 2014
Tanzania to hold vote on new constitution, possibly after May
![Edgar Lungu Edgar Lungu](/sites/default/files/just.png)
News
8 October 2014
Zambian government committed to ensure country gets new constitution as soon as possible
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