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Author: Claude Kabemba & Pascal Kambale

Claude Kabemba & Pascal Kambale

Claude Kabemba is the Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa’s (OSISA) Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW). Pascal Kambale is the Senior Advisor in the Africa Regional Office of the Open Society Foundations. They write in their own capacity.

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