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Today in 1962, Rwanda was admitted to the United Nations.
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On 18 September 1962, Rwanda became a member of the United Nations after it witnessed a revolution between 1959 and 1961, and gained independence on 1 July 1962.
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Rwanda, a small, landlocked country of three ethnic groups—the majority Hutu, the Tutsi, and the minority Twa—in East Africa, used to be ruled by a Tutsi monarchy.
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It was assigned to Germany at the Berlin Conference of 1884, becoming part of German East Africa. But it wasn’t until Belgium took control of the territory in 1916, during World War I, that a more direct colonial rule started.
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Belgium ruled both Rwanda and Burundi, the country directly south of Rwanda, jointly as Ruanda-Burundi. In 1959, in the build-up to Rwandan independence, there were tensions between the Hutu, who would be favoured by majority rule, and the Tutsi, whose role in the government could become diminished.
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The tensions led to the Rwandan social revolution in which the Hutu group targeted and killed Tutsi people, forcing around 120,000 Rwandans to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.
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The escalating violence forced Belgium to grant Rwanda its freedom, paving the way for the newly independent country to join the United Nations ten weeks later.
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📷: Rwanda’s president, Gregoire Kayibanda in 1962.

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Call for Submissions: Nigeria at 60.⁠
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Brief: We’re accepting submissions on Nigeria at 60 in partnership with @oando_plc. Send us 800-1000 words about citizenship by September 25. More details? Keep scrolling or click the link in our bio.
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Long: Ahead of Nigeria’s celebration of 60 years of independence from British colonial rule and in partnership with @oando_plc, we are now accepting submissions that explore the current state of Nigeria, patriotism and Nigerian citizenship, and how Nigerian citizens can channel resources towards a more progressive future.⁠
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We are interested in engaging, short essays that, without sacrificing analytical rigour, can provide progressive roadmaps across the following lenses:⠀⁠
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⎈ Gender e.g. the key steps Nigeria must take to establish more gender-inclusive, progressive communities; the historical contributions of female leaders to the public sphere.⁠
⎈ History e.g. the historical significance of Nigerian independence 60 years on; engaging profiles of historical Nigerian leaders or model citizens.⁠
⎈ Politics and Security e.g. innovative, progressive approaches to political participation; the role of citizens in fostering representative leadership and progressive democracies.⁠
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UN experts condemn the jailing of Algerian journal

UN experts condemn the jailing of Algerian journalist.⠀
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UN independent experts have called on the Algerian government to release Khaled Drareni, an Algerian journalist, who was jailed for covering the pro-democracy demonstrations in Algeria. Drareni was convicted of inciting an unarmed gathering and endangering national unity by a court in the country’s capital, Algiers. He was initially sentenced to three years but upon appeal was reduced to two.⠀
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The UN experts noted that the sentencing was inappropriate and the charges brought against him were to a large extent a violation of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. They also said that Drareni and all other journalists in prison awaiting trial for doing their job must be released immediately and protected.⠀
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📷: Protesters call for the release of Khaled Drareni. Fethi Belaid/AFP

Botswana amends law allowing married women to own

Botswana amends law allowing married women to own land.⠀
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On Thursday, 17 September, Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, said on Twitter that the 2015 Land Policy has been amended to allow wives own land alongside their husbands. The revised policy reads, ‘Each Motswana will be eligible for allocation of one residential plot at an area of their choice within the country, on both state land and tribal land.’⠀
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Prior to the amendment, the 2015 Land Policy only allowed unmarried women and wives of men without lands to be eligible for land rights. It also prohibited wives from acquiring lands if their husbands already had. Women rights activist, Tunah Moalosi, commended the move as a stronghold for women to be independent in marriages and have rights to land like any other person.⠀
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The Botswana Land Policy of 2015 was discriminatory against married women and did not give them equal treatment with men. There were also instances where orphans and widows were denied access to their deceased husband’s or parents’ property. President Masisi encouraged women and orphans to successfully claim their legitimate land right.⠀
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According to a World Bank research, in 40% of countries, women face different barriers when it comes to owning land. These barriers could either be restricted authority over assets or skewed inheritance rights.⠀
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📝: Tomisin x Ugonna, Editorial Interns⠀
📷: Women in Bostwana. UNAIDS

‘I finished the Holy Bible at least twice.’ — Dami Ajayi in our latest First Draft.⁠
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First Draft is our newest column, featuring authors and other prominent figures on books, reading and writing.⁠
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Growing up, poet and author, Dami Ajayi, read ‘pretty much anything I could lay my hands on.’ He said, ‘I read tattered copies of my mother’s college reading list including Thomas Hardy’s Tess of D’ubervilles and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.’⁠
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Ajayi noted that he was fortunate enough to live next to a large family who owned countless books from which he borrowed. He read the Pacesetters series, the African Writer Series, children’s fiction like The Boy Slave and the novels of Cyprian Ekwensi and Chukwuemeka Ike. ‘I read Achebe’s Things Fall Apart for the first time at age 10,’ he said.⁠
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