Yet, with Mr Mugabe still holding the main levers of power, violence and intimidation have not abated.
Many more things have to occur, such as building the capacity of the Congolese state, undertaking army reform, pressuring international supporters of the FDLR and LRA, supporting International Criminal Court efforts to introduce accountability, and dealing with the "conflict minerals" that fuel violence in Congo and power our cell phones and laptops.
Remember, too, that domestic violence is ultimately about power and control.
Today, all of us recall that, in Nepal and elsewhere, impunity of violence is among the greatest threats to press freedom and its power to transform society.
Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the violence and a transition of power.
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And there is the graver case of children who are faced with the uncompromising reality of the drive for sex, power and respect, without the expertise and impulse control it takes to ward off unwanted pregnancy or violence.
The surprisingly sharp topics that arise in interviews (filmed mainly in black-and-white) include eroticism, poverty, mediatized violence, gender equality, gay marriage, the power of advertising, and the deformation of minds and manners by television.
The power-sharing agreement was to end months of turmoil and violence that followed the country's March presidential elections.
According to the report, conflict environments, characterized by a breakdown in the rule of law and a prevailing climate of impunity, create the conditions whereby parties, emboldened by their weapons, power and status, essentially enjoy free reign to inflict sexual violence, with far-reaching implications for efforts to consolidate peace and secure development.
The recent developments threaten the power-sharing agreement, which was to end months of turmoil and violence that followed the country's March presidential elections.
The group has helped secure the peace at the Cluan Place interface and said it would continue to do all in its power to ensure that violence would not be instigated from the loyalist side.
That has helped to break the cycle of political violence which dogged the region, produced a healthy alternation of power, and directed attention to deep-rooted social problems.
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Honduras was worried that if he stayed in the country after his arrest his supporters would foment violence to try to bring down the interim government and restore him to power.
For racing-mad Ireland, Shergar was the darling of a nation in turmoil during the darkest days of "the Troubles, " with violence between nationalists and unionists in the north as they vied for political power.
The violence was believed sparked by a rivalry between unions that wield a lot of power and influence in South Africa.
Harun's present role gives him power over how and whether aid agencies can deliver food, medicine and shelter to victims of chronic violence and deprivation in Darfur.
It's a fragile peace because the underlying issue that sparked weeks of violence has not been settled - a Shiite power struggle between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Mexican and American officials agree that the rising violence stems in large part from a battle to fill a power vacuum left by the arrest of two prominent traffickers.
The FCC is making "a calculated decision to use violence as the stalking horse to try to get greater censorship authority" and gain "regulatory power over basic cable, " says FX chief John Landgraf.
But what I was intending more to talk about was how we deal with the darker sides of our nature, and the fact that we all have tremendously destructive power in our hands, whether it's by physical violence or words against somebody or manipulating something.
In some cities of Mexico -- especially in the northern part of the country -- cartels have used violence and intimidation to control swaths of land and smuggling routes in their unquenchable quest for money and power.
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