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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 523: GLOSSARY OF GREED AND DISCONTENT The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Pan-African Postcard, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. African Writers’ Corner, 8. Highlights French edition, 9. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features POPULAR PROTESTS IN BURKINA FASO Lila Chouli Lila Chouli gives a behind-the-scenes view on protests in Burkina Faso. The spontaneous protests might prove that kicking a leader out might not need a formal organisation. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72114 ****** THE GLOSSARY OF GREED Joan Baxter With the 2011 Forbes List of the world’s billionaires recently released – and acutely aware of the huge volume of unaccounted for money found in offshore havens – Joan Baxter discusses the ‘highly stratified world that has become treacherously top-heavy’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72112 ****** CÔTE D’IVOIRE, EGYPT AND LIBYA: CONTESTED BATTLES FOR SUPPORT AND ATTENTION Sokari Ekine Drawing upon a range of online reflections and social media activity, Sokari Ekine underlines the high stakes and contested understandings around the ongoing crises in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya and Egypt’s ‘post-revolution’ experience. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72119 ****** CÔTE D’IVOIRE, LIBYA AND THE 'ARAB SPRING' Oliver Kearns The ‘public narrative of an “Arab Spring” excludes much of the world's population both from public attention and concern and from discussion of what meaningful political change might look like and how it can be supported by people in other places,’ argues Oliver Kearns. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72169 ****** DEMOCRATIC UPRISINGS BRUTALLY SUPPRESSED IN MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES Firoze Manji Northern Africa is not the only part of Africa where uprisings are taking place. In countries like Swaziland, Gabon, Cameroon, Djibouti, and Burkina Faso we've seen massive student uprisings and worker demonstrations brutally suppressed in most cases. Editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News Firoze Manji talks to the Real News Network about what's happening in Southern Africa. Watch the video ( http://bit.ly/i6tzpO ) or read the transcript ( http://bit.ly/dWwj0U ) . http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72175 ****** IMPERIALISM AND LIBYA: THE REAL REASONS BEHIND THE INVASION Demba Moussa Dembélé Three African nations voted for the UN Security Council resolution that opened the door to the Western military intervention in Libya. Demba Moussa Dembele regrets that South Africa, Gabon and Nigeria provided the votes for the resolution to be passed. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72167 ****** US MILITARY AND AFRICOM: BETWEEN THE ROCKS AND THE CRUSADERS Horace Campbell 'The Western bombardment of Gaddafi’s forces in Libya has become an opportunistic public relations ploy for the US Africa Command and a new inroad for US military stronghold on the continent,' writes Horace Campbell. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72174 ****** MASS MOBILISATION, ‘DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION’ AND ‘TRANSITIONAL VIOLENCE’ IN AFRICA Michael Neocosmos The North African protests have renewed enthusiasm for ‘a popularly driven process mass mobilisation’, not only as a means for people to force changes in leadership, but also to ‘demand a greater say in the running of their own lives’. But can the masses sustain their status as 'full-blown political subjects', rather than 'victims' in need of ‘empowerment’, asks Michael Necosmos. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72163 ****** NIGERIAN ELECTIONS: IS ANYONE TALKING TO THE MASSES? Sokari Ekine Why are the voices of the people with the real voting power excluded from the presidential debates? Sokari Ekine reports back from the blogosphere on Nigeria’s looming election; Libya and the AU; forced removal in South Africa; female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone; and an SMS-based programme to address the security of sexual minorities in Kenya. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72133 ****** IT IS ALL INTERCONNECTED, WHY PRETEND OTHERWISE? Jacques Depelchin ‘The tragedy that is unfolding in front of our eyes is not just about the excesses of one industry… It is about the continued and deliberate silencing/sidelining of the majority of humanity by a tiny dictatorial fraction that, for centuries and generations has always gotten away, literally with murder,’ writes Jacques Depelchin. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72116 ****** WESTERN SAHARA IS NOT A ‘FORGOTTEN CONFLICT’ Peter Kenworthy and Konstantina Isidoros In conversation with Konstantina Isidoros, Peter Kenworthy profiles the longstanding Saharawi struggle for independence from Morocco and the gulf between people’s support for Western Sahara around the world and governments’ action on the conflict. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72113 ****** RESTITUTION AND RECENT UPHEAVALS IN EGYPT Kwame Opoku The ‘disorder, revolt or revolution in Egypt’ doesn’t ‘change the nature of the debate on restitution nor does it provide any convincing excuse for the retentionists in the Western world’, says Kwame Opoku. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72124 ****** ETHIOPIA: A COUNTRY FOR SALE The deal of the century Alemayehu G. Mariam An international company has benefitted from a massive handout of land in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. Alemayehu G. Mariam shows what the devastating consequences of the deal will be for local people. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72121 ****** THE AFRICAN UNION AND AFRICAN YOUTH: A ‘ZERO-SUM GAME’? Eyob Balcha With the African Union set to hold a Heads of States and Governments Summit in June under the theme ‘Accelerating youth empowerment for sustainable development’, Eyob Balcha expresses serious reservations about the union’s conceptualisation of ‘youth’ and ‘young people’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72115 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements FAHAMU REFUGEE LEGAL AID NEWSLETTER - MARCH ISSUE Fahamu’s Refugee Programme is pleased to announce the April issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter ( http://www.pambazuka.org/images/articles/523/FRLANApril2011.pdf ) , a monthly publication that aims to provide a forum for providers of refugee legal aid. With a focus on the global South, it aims to serve the needs of legal aid providers as well as raise awareness of refugee concerns among the wider readership of Pambazuka News. You can now also read the newsletter on our a new blog ( http://frlan.tumblr.com ) and Facebook page for the newsletter ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fahamu-Refugee-Legal-Aid-Newsletter ) . ****** PERSPECTIVES ON EMERGING POWERS IN AFRICA: MARCH NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE http://bit.ly/haeBmk The edition focuses on activities of the 2011 World Social Forum held recently in Dakar. An article by Sanusha Naidu provides commentary on the event and discussions that took place during a panel organised by Fahamu’s Emerging Powers in Africa (EMPA) Initiative. The second article, by Hayley Herman, looks at the second African journalist study tour conducted by the EMPA Initiative, this time to India, in January 2011. It provides a summary of some of the key points discussed during the visit. A third article by Xiao Yuhua emphasises the need for greater civil society cooperation between China and Africa, and opportunities the FOCAC framework can provide in developing this cooperation. Finally, Johanna Jansson and Wenran Jiang provide their review of the recently released Global Witness report titled “China and Congo: Friends in Need”. The March edition is available here ( http://bit.ly/haeBmk ) . ****** STRENGTHENING THE CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE Series II: China and Other Emerging Powers in Africa http://www.fahamu.org/images/empowers_report_0311.pdf The Emerging Powers in Africa Initiative commissioned four research policy reports in June 2010 following the successful completion of the first round of commissioned reports that was undertaken in 2009, culminating in an electronic publication available on the Fahamu website. Understanding that attention towards China’s deepening engagement with Africa should not overshadow the activities of other emerging powers in Africa, including India, Russia, Brazil and South Africa, the four research policy reports sought to develop an African perspective by strengthening the civil society voice in the discourse surrounding the engagement between Africa and these emerging powers. To this end, the research projects were themed around comparative African perspectives on China and other emerging powers in Africa by providing seed funding to African civil society organisations and activists to undertake research that can contribute to the emerging scholarship on the footprint of the emerging actors in Africa. The completed research reports are available here ( http://www.fahamu.org/images/empowers_report_0311.pdf ) . ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis KENYAN NUBIANS: THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE Xena Abdul Kenya’s Nubians are a ‘stateless people’, writes Xena Abdul, only recently part-recognised by the Kenyan government and facing day-to-day discrimination around land rights and identity. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72111 ****** CONTINUING COLONIALISM: WORLD BANK FUNDS MINING IN AFRICA Cyril Mychalejko IFC-funded mining projects in Africa have ‘a track record of causing human rights abuses and massive environmental damage’, writes Cyril Mychalejko. Can it really claim to be promoting ‘poverty reduction through sustainable development’? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72118 ****** CLAIMING MARCH FOR WOMEN Khainga O’Okwemba Poet and writer Khainga O’Okwemba reflects on the Kenyan activities around International Women's Day on 8 March and a ‘support women artists now’ day held at the end of March. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72147 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns THE ZENAWI REGIME Ethiopian Americans Council The US government should help ensure free and fair elections in Ethiopia by putting pressure on Meles Zenawi to implement political reforms, writes the Ethiopian Americans Council, in an open letter to Barack Obama. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/72134 ****** URGENT ACTION: ZIMBABWEAN ACTIVISTS AT RISK OF ARBITRARY ARREST Amnesty International USA 'Two leaders of the social justice movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, are being sought by police. They are at risk of arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment,' writes AIUSA, in a call for the public to write letters of appeal to Zimbabwean officials. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/72135 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Pan-African Postcard IS THERE TOO MUCH SPECIAL PLEADING IN AFRICA? Cameron Duodu As evidenced by Ivorians’ experiences in the wake of their country’s disputed election results and the looming threat of civil war, African leaders’ insistence on ignoring pre-established rules severely jeopardises their constituents, writes Cameron Duodu. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/72173 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Letters & Opinions WAYS TO DEAL WITH GLOBAL OUTLAWS Wazir Mohamed ‘The UN must take its responsibility seriously. The world is waiting and watching to see what actions will be taken against other outlaws. Gaddafi is one among many,’ writes Wazir Mohamed. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/72157 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 African Writers’ Corner ARISE, AFRICA ARISE Deborah-Fay Nontokozo 'Arise, Africa arise Let the world see your beauty Let them note your strength And know that though brow beaten You will stand undefeated...' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/72165 ****** UNTITLED Deborah-Fay Nontokozo 'We, Poor Africans Are impressed with their charm And are happy when they say “We are doubling aid to Africa” Applause Women ululating We wait for their benevolence Which like Godot never arrives...' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/72164 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Highlights French edition PAMBAZUKA NEWS 183 : LA NATURE IMPÉRIALISTE DES ATTAQUES CONTRE LA LIBYE La Libye face à une agression impérialiste ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72051 ) Demba Moussa Dembélé Libye : Obama, le prix Nobel de la paix « des guerres justes et humanitaires » ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72052 ) Komla Kpogli Contestations populaires au Burkina Faso : Le régime de Compaoré aux abois ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72042 ) Lila Chouli Côte d’Ivoire : Les ressorts et les enjeux de la crise actuelle ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72055 ) Ogou Bastien ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9 Cartoons KENYANS ONLY TRIED IN KENYA? Gado Despite Kenyan leaders' pronouncements on only trying Kenyan suspects within the country's legal system, Al-Amin Kimathi's presence in a Kampala jail suggests otherwise, says Gado. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/72110 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. © Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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