News Report on Zimbabwe Violence Presentation
The Bangor Daily News website features a report on a Thursday morning UMaine presentation by Jestina Mukoko, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. That organization works to assess and monitor human rights abuses in that country. She is currently serving as the 2010 Human Rights Fellow at Colby College’s Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights. Herself a victim of political violence in her native country, Mukoko provided insights into the history and current state of Zimbabwe’s political culture. She also gave a presentation on Thursday morning, as part of the Bangor Foreign Policy Forum series. Her UMaine talk was presented by the School of Policy and International Affairs.